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Title: Arabic Poetry by A. J. Arberry ISBN: 0-521-09257-4 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 02 January, 1965 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $13.95

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Summary: GOOD INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL ARABIC POETRY
Comment: The compiler was professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge. The book contains an interesting introduction in English on the development, nature, forms and rhythms of Arabic poetry, including a discussion of the rich variety of metrical forms, classical themes & images, the rhetorical figures and the Qasida or Ode which was esteemed as the only valid form of "classical" poetry. The main body is an anthology of Arabic poems in the original (with the literal English translation plus explanatory notes on the facing page), ranging from the sixth century to the 20th century. The work of thirty of the greatest poets is included, from As Samau'al in the sixth century to Ma'ruf Ar Rusafi (1875 - 1945) and including famous poets like Abu Nuwas, Al Mutanabbi, Ibn Zaidun, Ibn Al Farid and Ibn Unain. The book concludes with short biographical notes on each of the poets. This is quite a good introduction to classical Arab poetry for the student of Arabic literature. Contemporary Arabic poetry is covered in the same author's Modern Arabic Poetry.