Modern Arabic Literature (The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9780521028530
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Language Arts & Disciplines; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Arabic; Middle East; African; General; Arabic literature--20th century--History and; Arabic literature--20th century--History and criticism; Language Arts & Disciplines-General; Literary Criticism & Collections / African; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; Language; Middle Eastern
First sentence: Compared with earlier periods of Arabic literature the Modern period, often referred to in Arabic as al-Nahdah (=renaissance), requires an approach that is at once simpler and more complicated.