
Looking Back at al-Andalus
The Poetics of Loss and Nostalgia in Medieval Arabic and Hebrew Literature
Alexander Elinson(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 8. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-90-04-29097-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
<< Au croisement de l'etude litteraire et de l'histoire des mentalites, Looking back at al-Andalus propose une reflexion interessante sur les notions << d' andalusite >> et << d'arabite >>, sur les rapports entre l'Andalus, le Masriq et le Magrib, sur les interferences litteraires entre rhetorique arabe et hebraique, etc. Il est d'une lecture agreable et feconde, sans prejuger des points de desaccord qu'il ne manquera pas de susciter chez certains lecteurs >>Katia Zakharia in BCAI 26 (2010).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-29097-6 (9789004290976)
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Alexander E. Elinson, Ph.D. (2004) in Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, is Associate Professor of Arabic at Hunter College of the City University of New York. His research interests include medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature from Muslim Spain and North Africa, as well as contemporary Moroccan literature.