A critical introduction to modern Arabic poetry / M. M. Badawi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badawī, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry.

Physical Description:

x, 289 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1975.

Summary:

This book is the first critical survey of thedevelopment and achievements of 'modern' Arabic poetry, here signifying the period from the latter half of the nineteenth century to the present day. It ranges over the entire Arabic-speaking world and includes a discussion of the work of poets who emigrated to the United States and Latin America.

Contents:

A note on transliteration and verse translations xi

1 Introductory 1

2 Neoclassicism 14

Barudi 16

Shauqi 29

Hafiz Ibrahim 42

Zahawi 47

Rusafi 55

Jawahiri 62

3 The pre-romantics 68

Mutran 68

The Diwan Group 84

Shukri 92

Mazini 105

'Aqqad 109

4 The romantics 115

Abu Shadi and the Apollo Group 116

Naji 129

Taha 137

Abu Shabaka 145

Shabbi 157

Tijani 168

Abu Risha 172

5 The emigrant poets 179

In the United States 181

In Latin America 196

Mahjar poetry and romantic poetry 202

6 The recoil from romanticism 204

Bayyati and the committed poets 210

Experiments in form 223

Adunis and the New Poetry 231

Khal and Hawi 241

Sayyab 250

General remarks on the contemporary poets 258.

Notes:

"Based on lectures delivered at different times at the University of Oxford."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521206995.

OCLC:

2036842