Arab Writer in English

Arab Themes in a Metropolitan Language, 1908-1958

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

This book looks at the first generation of Arab British and Arab-American writers to produce English writings in the earlier twentieth-century: Ameen Rihani, Khalil Jibran, George Antonius and Edward Atiyah. It theorises their work within the context of Arab nationalism, postcolonialism and the criticism of Edward Said.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-11-19
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:422 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9781845191931

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Recensioner i media

Geoffrey Nashs The Arab Writer in English and his The Anglo-Arab Encountertogether offer the most detailed study to date of Arab British literature Professor Wail S. Hassan, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBy the endthe readerfeels their perspective on Middle East history and writing has been extendedOverall Nash builds a sensitive, engaged, and highly intelligent awareness of his subject. Dr Howard J. Booth, Manchester University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Ameen Rihani: Cross-Cultural Disclosures; Khalil Jibran: From Arab mahjar to Consumerist Prophet; Ameen Rihani: Pan-Arab Imaginings; Ameen Rihani: Decolonising Arabia; George Antonius: Anglo-Arab Disjunction; Edward Atiyah: Language and Colonisation; Edward Atiyah: The End of Anglo-Arab Politics; The Politics of Anglo-Arab Discourse; Index.