Wow! eBook
An Introduction to Arab Poetics
Author(s): Adonis (Author), C. Cobham (Translator)
- Publisher: Saqi Books
- Publication Date: 1 Sept. 1990
- Language: English
- Print length: 108 pages
- ISBN-10: 0863563015
- ISBN-13: 9780863563010
Book Description
Arabic poetry is the quintessennce of Arab culture. In these four essays – delivered as lectures at the College de France in 1984 – one of the foremost Arab poets reinterprets a rich and ancient heritage. He examines the oral tradition of the pre-Islamic poetry of Arabia and the relationship between Arabic poetry and the Quran, and between poetry and thought. In the final essay, he assesses the challenges of modernism and the impact of Western culture on the Arab poetic tradition.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Adonis is widely considered one of the Arab world’s greatest living poets. Born in Syria in 1930, he settled in Lebanon in the 1950s, where he became a central figure in the new Arabic poetry movement. He is the author of several classic works that have led to a rigorous reassessment of the Arab cultural heritage.
