This timely book critically evaluates the life, work and milieu of the Tunisian poet, Ab¿ al-Q¿sim al-Sh¿bb¿ (1909-1934), providing translations and detailed commentaries around his seminal work "al-Khay¿l al-Shi¿r¿ ¿inda al-¿Arab" ("Arabic Poetic Imagination").
This timely book critically evaluates the life, work and milieu of the Tunisian poet, Ab¿ al-Q¿sim al-Sh¿bb¿ (1909-1934), providing translations and detailed commentaries around his seminal work "al-Khay¿l al-Shi¿r¿ ¿inda al-¿Arab" ("Arabic Poetic Imagination").