Interpreting the self : autobiography in the Arabic literary tradition /
Autobiography is a literary genre which Western scholarship has ascribed mostly to Europe and the West. Countering this assessment and presenting many little-known texts, this comprehensive work demonstrates the existence of a flourishing tradition in Arabic autobiography.
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
2001.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501065 |
| Summary: | Autobiography is a literary genre which Western scholarship has ascribed mostly to Europe and the West. Countering this assessment and presenting many little-known texts, this comprehensive work demonstrates the existence of a flourishing tradition in Arabic autobiography. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 336 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520926110 0520926110 0585388784 9780585388786 0520220226 9780520220225 0520226674 9780520226678 1597346837 9781597346832 |