The Arab Writer in English Arab Themes in a Metropolitan Language, 1908–1958
Geoffrey Nash
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“All who are interested in the varieties and complexities
of the relationship between the Arab world and the West in the twentieth
century should consult it and ponder the issues that it so provocatively
raises.” From the Foreword by Miles L. Bradbury, University
of Maryland.
“An innovative book which will be of great
interest to anyone working in comparative literature or post-colonialism.”
Professor Susan Bassnett, Centre for British & Comparative Cultural
Studies, The University of Warwick
This book looks at the English writings of four twentieth-century Anglo-Arab and Arab–American writers: Ameen Rihani, Khalil Jibran, George Antonius and Edward Atiyah. The Introduction investigates:
Why should an Arab writer write in English?
How do these writers negotiate encoding Arab meanings within an alien discourse?
How is Anglo-Arab discourse political, and what are its politics?
Does Anglo-Arab writing belong to the category of post-colonial literature?
List of Contents to follow
Publication Details
ISBN:
978-1-898723-84-4 h/b
Page Extent / Format:
184 pp. / 229 x 152 mm
Release Date:
June 1998
Illustrated:
No
Hardback Price:
£39.95 / $59.95
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