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• Record Nr.: UNISOBSOBE00042342
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano : Electa : 1989
• Descrizione fisica: P. 461-967 ; ill. ; 29 cm
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature / / by Alexander E. Elinson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970046203321
• Autore: Elinson Alexander E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-39881-4; 9786612398810; 90-474-4272-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Collana: Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, , 1571-5183 ; ; v. 34
• Disciplina: 892.7/09353; 892.70935846809021
• Soggetti: Arabic literature - History and criticism; Hebrew literature - History and criticism; Nostalgia in literature; Andalusia (Spain) In literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The poetics of loss and nostalgia in Muslim Spain -- Written in stone : the Andalusi ritha al-mudun in the Arabic elegiac tradition -- Weeping over the poetic past : poetry into prose in al-Saraqusti's Qayrawan maqama -- Al-Andalus and Sefarad in the Hebrew qasida -- The view ; from al-Andalus : looking east, west, and south for Andalusi identity -- A final look back -- Appendix: Select Arabic and Hebrew texts.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.