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A Study of the Vernacular Poetry of Ahmad Fu'ad Nigm
Kamal Abdel-Malek
Hardcover - $229.95
This study provides an analysis of the social and political meanings in the protest vernacular poetry of A?mad Fu'bd Nigm (b. 1929), the contemporary Eqyptian socialist poet. Nigm's work portrays Eqypt as a society composed of contending social force ...
America in an Arab Mirror : Images of America in Arabic Travel Literature
Kamal Abdel-Malek
Hardcover - $152.95
This distinguished anthology presents for the first time in English travel essays by Arabic writers who have visited America in the second half of the century. The view of America which emerges from these accounts is at once fascinating and illuminat ...
Black African Literature in English 1991-2001 : Critical Appreciation and Reception
Femi Abodunrin
Paperback - $82.95
The English Association, based at the University of Leicester in the UK, aims to further knowledge and enjoyment of the English language and literature, and to foster good practice in its teaching and learning at all levels. They produce an annual re ...
The Mahfouz Dialogs
Gamal al-Ghitani
Hardcover - $34.95
The Egyptian Nobel literature laureate in conversation with his friends
The Postcolonial Arabic Novel : Debating Ambivalence
Muhsin Jassim Al-Musawi
Hardcover - $386.95
This is the first study of its kind to tackle the postcolonial in Arabic fiction. In ten chapters, a lengthy preface and an extensive bibliography, the author discusses and questions a large number of novels that demonstrate cultural diversity and ri ...
The Poetry of Ibn Khafajah : A Literary Analysis
Magda M. Al-Nowaihi
Hardcover - $329.95
This study is an attempt to identify and describe the distinctive features of the poetic style of the acclaimed medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Khafa?jah, who has been credited with starting a new school of poetry, in Andalus and elsewhere.
It offers ...
Love and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature
Roger Allen
Hardcover - $85.95
In segregated, conservative societies with a repressive attitude to women, writings on the theme of love and sexuality are of particular interest. Among the many studies on modern Arabic literature, this book is the first major treatment of what has ...
Continental Drift : From National Characters to Virtual Subjects
Emily Apter
Paperback - $48.95
From xenophobic appropriations of Joan of Arc to Afro-futurism and cyberpunk, the "national" characters of the colonial era often seem to be dissolving into postnational and virtual subjects. In "Continental Drift, Emily Apter deftly analyzes the Fre ...
Women and Words in Saudi Arabia : Politics of Literary Discourse
Saddeka Arebi
Paperback - $64.95
'In Women and Words in Saudi Arabia, ' Saddeka Arebi examines the works of contemporary Saudi women writers and their influence on Arabic cultural discourse. The writings of nine prominent writers are presented here in excerpt for the first time in E ...
Writing South Africa : Literature, Apartheid, and Democracy, 1970-1995
Derek Attridge
Paperback - $76.95
During the final years of the apartheid era and the subsequent transition to democracy, South African literary writing caught the world's attention as never before. Writing South Africa offers a window on the literary activity of this extraordinary p ...