The cambridge history of arabic literature is a series of collaborative volumes covering the field from early islam up to the present day contributors from around the world explore the extraordinary diversity of that literature and how it evolved under the influence of adjacent civilizations and those the arabs came to inhabit. This volume of the cambridge history of arabic literature provides the first authoritative comprehensive critical survey of creative writing in arabic from the mid nineteenth century to the present day. Modern arabic literature in french german italian spanish russian and even dutch and polish bibliographies have in general been confined to works in the english language. The cambridge history of arabic literature the cambridge history of arabic literature arabic literature in the post classical period the sixth and final volume of the cambridge history of arabic literature the cambridge history of arabic literature vol arabic literature in the post classical period is an. This volume of the cambridge history of arabic literature provides an authoritative comprehensive critical survey of creative writing in arabic from the mid nineteenth century to the present day with the spread of secular education printing and journalism a new reading public emerged