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The Edinburgh companion to the Arab novel in English : the politics of Anglo Arab and Arab American literature and culture / edited by Nouri Gana.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gana, Nouri, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--Arab American authors.
- American fiction.
- English literature.
- English literature--Arab authors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (513 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The novel is a largely imported European genre, coming relatively late to the history of Arab letters. It should therefore perhaps come as no surprise that the first novel to have been written by an Arab was written in English (Ameen Rihani's The Book of Khalid, 1911). However, subsequent years saw the flourishing of, first, Arabic novels, then the Francophone Arab novel. Only in the last two decades has the Anglophone Arab novel experienced a second coming, and it is this re-emergence of literary activity that is the focus of this collection. Opening up the field of diasporic Anglo Arab liter
- Contents:
- part I. Constellations : modernity, empire and postcoloniality
- part II. Force-fields : ethnic ties and transnational solidarities
- part III. Prospects/challenges : authority, pedagogy and the market industry.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-8557-X
- 1-78402-320-5
- 0-7486-8555-3
- OCLC:
- 862614333
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