The history of literary criticism among Arabs criticism of poetry

Ihsan Abbas in this study attempted to present a picture of literary criticism among the Arabs from the late second century AH until the eighth century, or from the period extending between Al-Asma'i and Ibn Khaldun—in the East and West of the Islamic world—and he followed a chronological approach because it helps to understand criticism as an evolving movement, with ebbs and flows. He also focused on major issues, neglecting minor details that divert the researcher from highlighting the "intellectual" role of Arab critics.