A Critical Introduction to Modern Arabic Poetry

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PREFACE x

'modernists' and 'classicists'. The situation has changed considerably since
then, and under the heading 'modernists' a variety of brands appeared, that
seemed to cry out for special designation — although I hardly need to remind
the reader that labels are useful pointers only as long as we bear in mind
that no living man can be reduced to a mere label.


St Antony's College, Oxford M. M. B.
June 1974

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