Writing Beirut : mappings of the city in the modern Arabic novel /

Takes a geographical/spatial approach to Beirut seeking to understand how the city is imagined in fiction. Exploring the ways in which writers utilize the spaces of the city - joining the factual with the imaginary - this book shows how idiosyncratic perceptions of Beirut are produced, generating an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aghacy, Samira (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
Colección:Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
Temas:
Since 1801
Arabic fiction > 1801- > History and criticism.
Arabic literature > 1801- > History and criticism.
Roman arabe > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature arabe > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Arabic fiction
Arabic literature
Literature
Arabisch
Roman
Beirut > Motiv
Beirut (Lebanon) > In literature.
Lebanon > Beirut
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1 The rural-urban divide: subverted boundaries
  • 2 The rhetoric of walking: cartographic versus nomadic itineraries
  • 3 Sexualizing the city: the yoking of flesh and stone
  • 4 Traffic between the factual and the imagined: Beirut deferred
  • 5 Excavating the city: exterior and interior relics
  • Inconclusive Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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