Trials of Arab modernity : literary affects and the new political / Tarek El-Ariss.
By: El-Ariss, Tarek.
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TextPublisher: London : Fordham ; c2013Edition: First edition.Description: x, 233 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780823251711 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780823251728 (paperback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Arabic literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Arabic literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism | Literature, Experimental -- Arab countries -- History and criticism | Modernism (Literature) -- Arab countriesDDC classification: 892.709006
Contents:
Introduction: debating modernity -- Fantasy of the imam -- Aversion to civilization -- Staging the colonial encounter -- Majnun strikes back -- Hacking the modern -- Conclusion: writing the new political.
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| 891.733 R185t Tolstoy's quest for God / | 891.733 T936f Fathers and children / | 891.851608 B9667 The burning forest : India's war in Bastar / | 892.709006 E372t Trials of Arab modernity : | 892.7134 K362a Abu Nuwas : | 892.716 W6369l For the living and the dead : | 894.8111108 A2854t Tea : |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.
Introduction: debating modernity -- Fantasy of the imam -- Aversion to civilization -- Staging the colonial encounter -- Majnun strikes back -- Hacking the modern -- Conclusion: writing the new political.
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