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Literary optics : staging the collective in the nahda
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Title
Literary optics : staging the collective in the nahda / Maha AbdelMegeed.
ISBN
9780815638278
0815638272
9780815638285
0815638280
9780815657019
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
xiii, 279 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book proposes an alternative analysis of 19th century literary production as an arduous reckoning with modern political sovereignty. It argues that the canon of 19th century Arabic literature is forged through an urgency to see and define a new form of political sovereignty, and to adjudicate in light of that definition the best forms for its praxis"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: AbdelMegeed, Maha. Literary optics First edition. Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2024
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 12, 2024
Series
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Setting the Stage
The Literary Optic
Khayal : Literature as a Theater of History
Excavating Athar : History through Objects, Traces, and Stage Props
History's Actors and the Collective Sovereignty of al-Nas
Literature as a Political Problem.
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