Blindness & autobiography : Al-Ayyam of Taha Husayn / Fedwa Malti-Douglas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malti-Douglas, Fedwa, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blindness in literature.

Blindness--Psychological aspects.

Blindness.

Husayn, Taha, 1889-1973. Ayyam.

Husayn, Taha.

Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā, 1889-1973--Criticism and interpretation.

Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Other Title:

Blindness and autobiography

Blindness and autobiography.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1988]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The three-volume life-story of the Egyptian intellectual Tahah Husayn (1889-1973) is a landmark in modern autobiography, in Arabic letters, and in the literature of blindness. This justly celebrated text, however, has never been subjected to the sustained literary analysis here presented by Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Born into a modest family and blinded in childhood, Husayn nevertheless conquered first his own and then a European educational system to become one of his country's leading modernizers. Professor Malti-Douglas shows that the personal, social, and literary reality of the hero's blindness gives the autobiography its unity and force. Blindness and Autobiography is not only a rich explication of al-Ayyam but a pioneering study of the interaction between a severe physical handicap and the autobiographical process. It adds a new perspective to the contemporary discussion of the cultural uses of the body.The first part of the book explores blindness and society, from the evolving conflict between personal and social conceptions of the handicap to the way blindness redefines the more familiar issues of traditional versus modern, East versus West. The second section examines the relationship of blindness to the autobiography's ecriture, rhetoric, and narration.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I. BLINDNESS AND SOCIETY

Chapter One. Blindness I: Recognition

Chapter Two. Blindness II: Conflict

Chapter Three. Blindness III: Resolution

Chapter Four. Power

Chapter Five. Traditional/Modern, East/West

PART II. BLINDNESS AND WRITING

Chapter Six. Narration

Chapter Seven. Blind Writing, Blind Rhetoric

Chapter Eight. Humor

Chapter Nine. Narrative Techniques

Chapter Ten. Time

Works Cited

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 185-191.

ISBN:

9780691637631

0691637636

9780691609324

0691609322

9781400859375

1400859379

OCLC:

889254936