Matter of fate : the concept of fate in the arab world as reflected in modern arabic literature.
This book explores the impact of war and political crisis on the national identity of Jews, both in the multinational Habsburg monarchy and in the new nation-states that replaced it at the end of World War I. Jews enthusiastically supported the Austrian war effort because it allowed them to assert t...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford Univ Press,
2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Key to the Transliteration; List of Translated Stories; Introduction; 1 God's Will: The Principle of the Prime Mover; 2 The Wheel of Time: The Agent of Corrosion; 3 Character: The Prison of Life; 4 Custom: The Yoke of Tradition; 5 Gender: The Female Experience; 6 Class and Capital: The Trap of Poverty and Tyranny; 7 Chance: The Random Arbiter; 8 To Wish or Not to Wish? The Double-Edged Sword; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Permissions; Index.