Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism : An Archive /

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This book argues that the narrative of Alexandria's cosmopolitanism was in tune with colonial modernity. The Alexandria Archive is a comparative study of representations of cosmopolitanism in texts by C.P. Cavafy, E.M. Forster, Lawrence Durrell, and Bernard de Zogheb from the late nineteenth ce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halim, Hala
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literature.
European literature.
Cosmopolitanism in literature.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Litterature europeenne > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature europeenne > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Cosmopolitisme dans la litterature.
European literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
European literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Egypt > Alexandria.
Alexandria (Egypt) > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Of Greeks, Barbarians, Philhellenes, Hellenophones, and Egyptiotes / C.P. Cavafy
  • Of hellenized cosmopolitanism and colonial subalternity / E.M. Forster
  • Uncanny hybridity into neocolonialism / Lawrence Durrell
  • Polypolis and Levantine camp / Bernard de Zogheb.

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