Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature
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-A
Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, . 34, v. 34
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (x, 185 pages)
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The poetics of loss and nostalgia in Muslim Spain
Written in stone : the Andalusī rithāʼ al-mudun in the Arabic elegiac tradition
Weeping over the poetic past : poetry into prose in al-Saraqusṭī's Qayrawan maqāma
Al-Andalus and Sefarad in the Hebrew qaṣīda
The view from al-Andalus : looking east, west, and south for Andalusī identity
A final look back
Appendix: Select Arabic and Hebrew texts
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
Text in English; an appendix with selected texts in Arabic and Hebrew