The Edinburgh companion to the Arab novel in English : the politics of Anglo Arab and Arab American literature and culture / / edited by Nouri Gana

• Autore: Gana Nouri
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.9109
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - Arab American authors; English literature; English literature - Arab authors
• Classificazione: EN 2936
• Persona (resp. second.): GanaNouri
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. Constellations : modernity, empire and postcoloniality -- part II. Force-fields : ethnic ties and transnational solidarities -- part III. Prospects/challenges : authority, pedagogy and the market industry.
• Sommario/riassunto: The novel is a largely imported European genre, coming relatively late to the history of Arab letters. It should therefore perhaps come as no surprise that the first novel to have been written by an Arab was written in English (Ameen Rihani's The Book of Khalid, 1911). However, subsequent years saw the flourishing of, first, Arabic novels, then the Francophone Arab novel. Only in the last two decades has the Anglophone Arab novel experienced a second coming, and it is this re-emergence of literary activity that is the focus of this collection. Opening up the field of diasporic Anglo Arab liter
• Titolo autorizzato: The Edinburgh companion to the Arab novel in English
• ISBN: 0-7486-8557-X; 1-78402-320-5; 0-7486-8555-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826266103321
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