Looking Back at Al-Andalus : The Poetics of Loss and Nostalgia in Medieval Arabic and Hebrew Literature
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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.
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- ISBN-13: 9789004290976
- ISBN-10: 9004290974
- Publisher: Brill
- Publish Date: January 2015
- Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 186
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