New and old..

The first edition of this book, published in 1954 by the Lebanese writer and critic Maroun Abboud, presents an analytical and critical study of the works of some ancient and modern poets. It addresses Arabic satirical literature and its development, from the pre-Islamic era, which was characterized by the fanaticism of its poets, as if they had rituals that they practiced devoutly and never deviated from, through the first Abbasid era, which witnessed a revolution in Arabic literature, know...