Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature /
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Looking Back at al-Andalus focuses on Arabic and Hebrew Literature that expresses the loss of al-Andalus from multiple vantage points. In doing so, this book examines the definition of al-Andalus' literary borders, the reconstruction of which navigates between traditional generic formulations and actual political, military and cultural challenges. By looking at a variety of genres, the book shows that literature aiming to recall and define al-Andalus expresses a series of symbolic literary objects more than a geographic and political entity fixed in a single time and place. Looking Back at al-Andalus offers a unique examination into the role of memory, language, and subjectivity in presenting a series of interpretations of what al-Andalus represented to different writers at different historical-cultural moments.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index. :
9789047442721 :
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Alexander Magnus Arabicus : a survey of the Alexander tradition through seven centuries : from Pseudo-Callisthenes to Suri /
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Translation of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 2003.
"Translated from Dutch by Ania Lentz-Michaelis"--Title page verso. :
xxv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-397) and index. :
9789042921832
9042921838