"Life Transfigured into Art: A Critical Review of The Rock and Other Poems"

Abstract

This is a review of The Rock and Other Poems on its first publication. The book is a richly resourceful and highly sophisticated collection of poems by a Saudi scholar of English literature, Ezzat Khattab. It contains short lyrical poems arranged in five sections. The poems reflect the scholarly interests of its author. The review highlights affinities between the poems and some English poetic traditions that lie at the background of its author’s education and vocation. It also comments on the five sections of the book, its most appealing poems and symbols.