Narratives of Egypt and the Ancient Near East : literary and linguistic approaches /
: " ... originated in a conference entitled "Framing plots : the grammar of ancient Near Eastern narratives", held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 16th - 17th December 2005"-- Foreword. : xxxvi, 558 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789042922075 : Nabil
Theory of profane love among the Arabs : the development of the genre /
: Originally presented as the author's thesis, Columbia University, under title : The development of the Arabic literature on the theory of profane love : an historical study. : xvii, 167 pages ; 24 cm. : Bibliography : pages [151]-162. : 0814729517
Ancient Egyptian biographies : contexts, forms, functions /
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"(Auto-)biography is a genre of ancient Egyptian written discourse that was central to high culture from its earliest periods. Belonging to the nonroyal elites, these texts present aspects of individual lives and experience, sometimes as narratives of key events, sometimes as characterizations of personal qualities. Egyptian (auto-) biographies offer a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which individuals fashioned distinctive selves for display and the significance of the physical, religious, and social contexts they selected. 0The present volume brings together specialists from a range of relevant periods, approaches, and interests. The studies collected here examine Egyptian (auto-)biographies from a variety of complementary perspectives: (1) anthropological and contrastive perspectives; (2) the original Old Kingdom settings; (3) text format and language; (4) social dimensions; and (5) religious experience"--
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vii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781948488280
al-Ittijāhāt al-adabīyah fī al-ʻālam al-ʻArabī al-ḥadīth : wa-hiya dirāsāt taḥlīlīyah lil-ʻawāmil al-faʻālah fī al-nahḍah al-ʻArabīyah al-ḥadīthah wa-li-ẓawāhirihā al-adabīyah al-r...
: Title on added title page : Literary trends in the modern Arab world : a study of the political, social and intellectual background of Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century. : 494 pages ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes.