Isbn: 9781898723844 - the arab writer in english: arab themes in a metropolitan language 1908-1958 (2 risultati)

Hardcover. vii, 177p., cloth-covered boards, 6x9.25 inches, corners bumped, two old price stickers on rear pastedown endpaper else very good condition in a lightly rubbed dj with a sticker shadow on the rear panel. Focuses on the Lebanese writers Ameen Ruhani, Kahlil Gibran, George Antonius, and Edward Atiyah.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. vii, 177 pages ; 24 cm. Summary:"This book looks at the English writings of four twentieth-century Anglo-Arab and Arab American writers: Ameen Rihani, Khalil Jibran, George Antonius and Edward Atiyah. The Introduction investigates: Why should an Arab writer write in English? How do these writers negotiate encoding Arab meanings within an alien discourse? How is Anglo-Arab discourse political, and what are its politics? Does Anglo-Arab writing belong to the category of post-colonial literature?" "These issues are then explored at greater length in the succeeding chapters. While each writer is assigned a separate chapter, cross-referencing creates a sustained "dialogue" between two or more writers in a given chapter."--Jacket.…