1. The background; 2. The Revival; 3. Poetry: The neo-classicists; 4. Poetry: The Romantics; 5. Poetry: The Modernists; 6. Prose Literature: Early Developments; 7. Prose Literature: The Period of Maturity; 8. Prose Literature: The Sixties Generation and Beyond; 9. Drama: Early Experiments; 10. Drama: The Period of Maturity; 11. Conclusion.
Paul Starkey is Professor of Arabic and Head of the Arabic Department, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Durham and Co-Director of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World. He is co-editor (with Julie Meisami) of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature and author of Modern Arabic Literature (EUP, 2006).
I especially appreciate the treatment of the relationship between early modern and classical literature in some detail ! I also like the fact that the author gets away from the customary focus on Egyptian literature and treats 'modern Arabic literature' as a more unified phenomenon. -- Dr J. S. Meisami I especially appreciate the treatment of the relationship between early modern and classical literature in some detail ! I also like the fact that the author gets away from the customary focus on Egyptian literature and treats 'modern Arabic literature' as a more unified phenomenon.
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