Modern Arabic Literature
New York: The Ungar Publishing Company, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). Near Fine / Very Good. Item #002360
From "A Library of Literary Criticism" Series, edited by Rita Stein. xxxiii, 370 p.p. Orange cloth boards with black spine labels and silver titling. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends, and rubbing to corners. One small spot of wear to head of front board. Dust jacket is sunned at spine and has some bumping to spine ends and corners. This volume explores in excerpts of criticism the works of the most important writers in the Arabic-speaking world in the twentieth century. Included are representatives of Algerian, Egyptian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Palestinian, Sudanese, Syrian, and Tunisian literatures. This book is not only a source of information on modern Arabic literature in all its genres and in the different countries of the Arab world, but also provides a clear picture of the various trends and developments in modern literary criticism in the region. Roger Allen is an Emeritus Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, was born in England and is a graduate of Oxford University.
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