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.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
2001.
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| Online adgang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501065 |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Fallacy of Western Origins; 2. The Origins of Arabic Autobiography; 3. Toward a History of Arabic Autobiography; 4. Arabic Autobiography and the Literary Portrayal of the Self; Part II. Translations; Conclusion; Annotated Guide to Arabic Autobiographical Writings; Glossary; References; List of Contributors; Index.