Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature /

Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature /

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 a...

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Main Author: Elinson, Alexander E.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Arabic
Hebrew

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures 34.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223042.

Subjects:

Literatur.
Arabic literature > History and criticism.
Nostalgia in literature.
Arabisch.
Hebräisch.
al- @Andalus <Motiv>
Andalusia (Spain) > In literature.

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Call Number: PJ7519.A497 E45 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Alexander E. Elinson
  • Introduction The Poetics Of Loss And Nostalgia In Muslim Spain /
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  • Chapter One. Written In Stone: The Andalusī Rithāʾ Al-Mudun In The Arabic Elegiac Tradition /
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  • Chapter Two. Weeping Over The Poetic Past: Poetry Into Prose In Al-Saraqusṭīʾs Qayrawan Maqāma /
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  • Chapter Three. Al-Andalus And Sefarad In The Hebrew Qaṣīda /
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  • Chapter Four. The View From Al-Andalus: Looking East, West, And South For Andalusī Identity /
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  • Conclusion A Final Look Back /
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  • Appendix Select. Arabic And Hebrew Texts /
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  • Works Cited /
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  • Index /
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