A matter of fate : the concept of fate in the Arab world as reflected in modern Arabic literature / Dalya Cohen-Mor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen-Mor, Dalya, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fate and fatalism in literature.

Arabic literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Fate and fatalism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Fate and fatalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the impact of war and political crisis on the national identity of Jews, both in the multinational Hapsburg 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 their Austrian loyalties and Jewish solidarity at the same time. They faced a grave crisis of identity when the multinational state collapsed and they lived in nation-states mostly uncomfortable with ethnic minorities. This book raises important questions about Jewish identity and about the general n

Contents:

Contents; 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

Notes:

Includes translations of sixteen Arabic stories into English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-028537-0

1-280-47308-8

0-19-535081-2

1-60256-409-4

OCLC:

191038380