Modern Arabic literature

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This volume of the Cambridge History of Arabic Literature provides the first authoritative, comprehensive, critical survey of creative writing in Arabic from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The rise of secular education, printing and journalism created a new reading public, and Western ideas and literary forms, notably the novel, the short story, and drama, became influential. This book examines the attempts made by Arab men and women to adapt the imported forms as well as the indigenous literary tradition to meet the requirements of the modern world. Quoted material is given in English translation and there is an extensive bibliography. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Other Authors

M. M. Badawi, 1925-

Document Type

Books

Physical Description

xi, 571 s. ; 24 cm

Published

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992

Series

Cambridge history of Arabic literature

Subjects

19.-20. století

arabská literatura > 19.-20. století

sborníky

přehledy

Bibliography

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ISBN

0-521-02853-1