An Introduction to ARAB POETICS
الناشر: دار الساقي للطباعة والنشر
نبذة الناشر:Reading baudelaire made me discover Abu Nuwas. Reading Mallarme revealed to me the poetic language of Abu tammam Rimbaud, Nerval and surrealism made me seize upon the poetry of mystical experience.
Arabic poetry is the quintessence 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 relation- ship 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.
Stimulating in their originality, eloquent in their treatment of a wide range of poetry and poetic criticism, these reflections open up fresh perspectives on one of the world's greatest-and least explored-literatures. إقرأ المزيد