1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004249470403321

Autore

Attridge, Derek

Titolo

Peculiar language : literature as difference from the Renaissance to James Joyce / Derek Attridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Methuen, 1988

ISBN

0-416-06412-4

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 262 p. ; 24 cm

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P.3 BR.C.1678

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454657703321

Autore

Rejwan Nissim

Titolo

Arabs in the mirror [[electronic resource] ] : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times / / Nissim Rejwan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2008

ISBN

0-292-79448-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

305.892/7

Soggetti

Arabs

Democracy - Arab countries

Intellectuals - Arab countries

National characteristics, Arab

Electronic books.

Arab countries Intellectual life

Egypt Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree -- Identity and self-definition -- Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised -- "Arabizing the Arabs" -- Self-images old and new -- Calls for "critical self-analysis" -- Unity in diversity -- The quest for democracy -- Resources and development -- The social scene -- The case of Egypt -- The West's inroads -- The difference Israel has made new lessons for old -- The intellectuals -- Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions.