Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures – serie
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Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Culture
A Ninth Century Bookman in Baghdad
Inbunden, 2005
2904 kr
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Toorawa re-evaluates the literary history and landscape of third to ninth century Baghdad by demonstrating and emphasizing the significance of the important transition from a predominantly oral-aural culture to an increasingly literate one. This transformation had a profound influence on the …
Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1880-1985
Av Samah Selim
Inbunden, 2004
2904 kr
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The book locates questions of languages, genre, textuality and canonicity within a historical and theoretical framework that foregrounds the emergence of modern nationalism in Egypt. The ways in which the cultural discourses produced by twentieth century Egyptian nationalism created a space for …
Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean
Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd
Inbunden, 2006
2489 kr
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Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture discusses the unicum manuscript of the Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd, the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived for more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence in present-day Spain. The manuscript is of paramount importance as it …
Religious Perspectives in Modern Muslim and Jewish Literatures
Av Glenda Abramson, Hilary Kilpatrick
Inbunden, 2005
2904 kr
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This collection brings together discussions of the way in which Muslim and Jewish beliefs and practices are represented in modern literary texts of poetry, fiction and drama. The chapters collected here consider elements of the expression of Judaism and Islam in modern literature. Key topics such …
Literature, Journalism and the Avant-Garde
Intersection in Egypt
Inbunden, 2006
1759 kr
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The author explores the role of journalism in Egypt in effecting and promoting the development of modern Arabic literature from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Remapping the literary scene in Egypt over recent decades, Kendall focuses on the independent, frequently …
Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam
Muslim Horizons
Av Julia Bray
Inbunden, 2006
2525 kr
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With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings. Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the …
Oral and the Written in Early Islam
Av Gregor Schoeler, Uwe Vagelpohl m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
2904 kr
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Made up of a number of seminal articles that are translated for the first time in English, this prestigious book from Gregor Schoeler gives a reasoned, informed and comprehensive overflow of how the written and the spoken interacted, diverged and received cultural articulation among the Muslim …
Nationalism, Islam and World Literature
Sites of Confluence in the Writings of Mahmud Al-Mas’adi
Inbunden, 2006
2904 kr
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The writer and politician Mahmud al-Mis’adi is a figure of prime importance in the development of North African literature and cultural politics since the last war. This fascinating book covers both his essays and fiction, written between the 1930s and 1990s, which challenge the boundaries between …
Thousand and One Nights
Space, Travel and Transformation
Inbunden, 2006
2904 kr
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This volume discusses The Thousand and One Nights' themes of space and travel showing how they are used not only as a setting in which the story unfolds, but also as the dynamic force which propels the heroes and the story to the final dénouement. These events often symbolize a process of …
Contemporary Arab Fiction
Innovation from Rama to Yalu
Av Fabio Caiani
Inbunden, 2007
2904 kr
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This book introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. Despite their contribution to the development of contemporary Arabic fiction, these authors remain largely unknown to non-Arab readers.Fabio Caiani examines the work of the Moroccan Muhammad …
Literary Modernity Between the Middle East and Europe
Textual Transactions in 19th Century Arabic, English and Persian Literatures
Inbunden, 2007
2904 kr
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Providing a broad ranging and unique comparative study of the development of English, Persian and Arabic literature, this book looks at their interrelations with specific reference to modernity, nationalism and social value. It gives a strong theoretical underpinning to the development of Middle …
Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes
Al-Andalus from the Tenth to Twelfth Century
Inbunden, 2007
2600 kr
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Islamic Culture Through Jewish Eyes analyzes the attitude towards Muslims, Islam, and Islamic culture as presented in sources written by Jewish authors in the Iberian Peninsula between the tenth and the twelfth centuries. By bringing the Jewish attitude towards the "other" into sharper focus, this …
Sheherazade Through the Looking Glass
The Metamorphosis of the 'Thousand and One Nights'
Av Eva Sallis
Häftad, 2011
867 kr
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The Thousand and One Nights was reborn into an alien environment in 1704, its signs being received in a radically different way from their original meanings. Works of literature change as people and cultures who read them change. This study explores the Nights with reference to this view of …
Palestinian Novel
A Communication Study
Av Ibrahim Taha
Häftad, 2010
867 kr
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Examines the complex relationship between the reality of the Palestinian minority in Israel and their literature through six novels, according to a literary communication model which enables Dr Taha to examine how authors who belong to this minority relate to their readers.
Of Dishes and Discourse
Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food
Häftad, 2011
1052 kr
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Considers how Arab and Islamic culinary culture may be represented in literary forms. Scholars of the medieval Islamic period are keenly aware of the importance of food and wine as themes in literature. Van Gelder's witty and subtle approach teases the most out of texts as well as enabling the …
Medieval Arabic Praise Poetry
Ibn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption
Häftad, 2010
1052 kr
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This book gives an insight into panegyrics, a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. Poets in this multi-ethnic society would address the majority of their verse to rulers, generals, officials, and the urban upper classes, its tone ranging from celebration to reprimand and …
Making the Great Book of Songs
Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî's Kitâb al-aghânî
Häftad, 2010
1052 kr
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This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kitâb al-aghânî (The Book of Songs) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî. Until now the twenty-four volume Book of Songs has been regarded as a rather chaotic but priceless mine of …
Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1880-1985
Av Samah Selim
Häftad, 2010
1052 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The book locates questions of languages, genre, textuality and canonicity within a historical and theoretical framework that foregrounds the emergence of modern nationalism in Egypt. The ways in which the cultural discourses produced by twentieth century Egyptian nationalism created a space for …
Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Culture
A Ninth Century Bookman in Baghdad
Häftad, 2010
1052 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Toorawa re-evaluates the literary history and landscape of third to ninth century Baghdad by demonstrating and emphasizing the significance of the important transition from a predominantly oral-aural culture to an increasingly literate one. This transformation had a profound influence on the …
Religious Perspectives in Modern Muslim and Jewish Literatures
Av Glenda Abramson, Hilary Kilpatrick
Häftad, 2011
867 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection brings together discussions of the way in which Muslim and Jewish beliefs and practices are represented in modern literary texts of poetry, fiction and drama. The chapters collected here consider elements of the expression of Judaism and Islam in modern literature. Key topics such …
Arabic Poetry
Trajectories of Modernity and Tradition
Häftad, 2010
867 kr
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Since the late 1940s, Arabic poetry has spoken for an Arab conscience, as much as it has debated positions and ideologies, nationally and worldwide. This book tackles issues of modernity and tradition in Arabic poetry as manifested in poetic texts and criticism by poets as participants in …
Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean
Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd
Häftad, 2010
902 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture discusses the unicum manuscript of the Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd, the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived for more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence in present-day Spain. The manuscript is of paramount importance as it …
Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam
Muslim Horizons
Av Julia Bray
Häftad, 2010
754 kr
Lägg i varukorg
With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings. Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the …
Nationalism, Islam and World Literature
Sites of Confluence in the Writings of Mahmud Al-Mas’adi
Häftad, 2010
1052 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The writer and politician Mahmud al-Mis’adi is a figure of prime importance in the development of North African literature and cultural politics since the last war. This fascinating book covers both his essays and fiction, written between the 1930s and 1990s, which challenge the boundaries between …
Oral and the Written in Early Islam
Av Gregor Schoeler, Uwe Vagelpohl m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1052 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Made up of a number of seminal articles that are translated for the first time in English, this prestigious book from Gregor Schoeler gives a reasoned, informed and comprehensive overflow of how the written and the spoken interacted, diverged and received cultural articulation among the Muslim …
Literature, Journalism and the Avant-Garde
Intersection in Egypt
Häftad, 2010
580 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The author explores the role of journalism in Egypt in effecting and promoting the development of modern Arabic literature from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Remapping the literary scene in Egypt over recent decades, Kendall focuses on the independent, frequently …
Thousand and One Nights
Space, Travel and Transformation
Häftad, 2010
867 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume discusses The Thousand and One Nights' themes of space and travel showing how they are used not only as a setting in which the story unfolds, but also as the dynamic force which propels the heroes and the story to the final dénouement. These events often symbolize a process of …
Arab Culture and the Novel
Genre, Identity and Agency in Egyptian Fiction
Häftad, 2010
1052 kr
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This book explores the complex relationship between the novel and identity in modern Arab culture against a backdrop of contemporary Egypt. It uses the example of the Egyptian novel to interrogate the root causes – religious, social, political, and psychological – of the lingering identity crisis …
Literary Modernity Between the Middle East and Europe
Textual Transactions in 19th Century Arabic, English and Persian Literatures
Häftad, 2010
1052 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Providing a broad ranging and unique comparative study of the development of English, Persian and Arabic literature, this book looks at their interrelations with specific reference to modernity, nationalism and social value. It gives a strong theoretical underpinning to the development of Middle …
Contemporary Arab Fiction
Innovation from Rama to Yalu
Av Fabio Caiani
Häftad, 2010
867 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. Despite their contribution to the development of contemporary Arabic fiction, these authors remain largely unknown to non-Arab readers.Fabio Caiani examines the work of the Moroccan Muhammad …
