8 vo. XLVIII, 539 pp; [ 1 errata], half-title, publishers’ original wrappers, soiled, partly Uncut, Publications de L’Institut D’Etudes Orientales, Faculte Des Lettres D’Alger, Vol. V, Librairie D’Amerique et D’Orient, Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris, 1953.

Synopsis

A major academic study of Andalusian poets, their formation and social condition, their poetic themes and works. An extended bibliography is listed at the beginning of this work. Peres discusses in details how Arabic language spread through Spain, and how the Spanish mountains inspired the Arab poets.