Development and renewal in Umayyad poetry

This book draws a new picture of Umayyad poetry, contrasting sharply with the settled belief among researchers that this poetry is an exact replica of pre-Islamic poetry. This new image derives its lines from the high ideals of Islam and from what the Umayyad poets were influenced by from civilization and culture. And thus, the book restores to the Arabs the credit for the development and renewal of their poetry, and proves with correct documents and decisive evidence that they did not wait until the Abbasid era to develop their odes and introduce various forms of renewal. They were the ones who preceded that during the Umayyad era, guided by Islam, and influenced by their political and intellectual doctrines, as well as by the material and spiritual influences of civilization.