Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1993 Hard cover New. 588 p. The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature . Intended for college/higher education audience. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.

Cambridge Univ Pr, Date: 1993. Hardcover. New. 571 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. 1993. Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 0521331978 9780521331975 [GB]

ISBN10: 0521331978, ISBN13: 9780521331975, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover First Edition First Printing in dust jacket, no remainder mark, pristine unused copy (dj in mylar) - NOT a print-to-order or other fuzzy digital reprint in laminated boards but actual publisher's sewnbound edition w/dust jacket; 8vo; 571pp indexed
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ISBN10: 0521331978, ISBN13: 9780521331975, [publisher: CAMBRIDGE] Hardcover
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Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1993 Hard cover Very Good. Minor scuffs/bumps to cover edges. Scratches/marks to dustjacket & minor scuffs to edges. Marks to textblock edges. Content very good. 588 p. The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature . Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Intended for college/higher education audience.

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1993-01-29. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1993. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521331978 9780521331975 [US]

Cambridge Cambridge University Press (1992) orig. boards Minor wear. Pages 401-432 bound upside-down. VG. 24x16cm, xi, 571 pp., Series: The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature. Weighs 1100 grams. Contents: The background / M. M. Badawi--Translations and adaptations, 1834-1914 / Pierre Cachia--The neo-classical Arabic poets / S. Somekh--The romantic poets / R.C. Ostle--Modernist poetry in Arabic / Salma Khadra Jayyusi--The beginnings of the Arabic novel / Roger Allen--The mature Arabic novel outside Egypt / Roger Allen--The Egyptian novel from Zaynab to 1980 / Hilary Kilpatrick--The modern Arabic short story / Sabry Hafez--Arabic drama: early developments / M. M. Badawi--Arabic drama since the thirties / Ali Al-Raí--The prose stylists / Pierre Cachia--The critics / Pierre Cachia--Arab women writers / Miriam Cooke--Poetry in the vernacular / Marilyn Booth.

Minor wear. Pages 401-432 bound upside-down. VG. Arabic Literary History Cambridge University Press Cambridge (Date: 1992) orig. boards 24x16cm, xi,571 pp., Series: The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature. Weighs 1100 grams. Contents: The background / M. M. Badawi -- Translations and adaptations, 1834-1914 / Pierre Cachia -- The neo-classical Arabic poets / S. Somekh -- The romantic poets / R.C. Ostle -- Modernist poetry in Arabic / Salma Khadra Jayyusi -- The beginnings of the Arabic novel / Roger Allen -- The mature Arabic novel outside Egypt / Roger Allen -- The Egyptian novel from Zaynab to 1980 / Hilary Kilpatrick -- The modern Arabic short story / Sabry Hafez -- Arabic drama : early developments / M. M. Badawi -- Arabic drama since the thirties / Ali Al-Raí -- The prose stylists / Pierre Cachia -- The critics / Pierre Cachia -- Arab women writers / Miriam Cooke -- Poetry in the vernacular / Marilyn Booth. 1992. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521331978 9780521331975 [DK]

ISBN10: 0521331978, ISBN13: 9780521331975, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2.29
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ISBN10: 0521331978, ISBN13: 9780521331975, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book provides the first authoritative, comprehensive critical survey of creative writing in Arabic from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, a period which saw profound changes in the very concept of literature. Muhammad Ali's drive for modernization in Egypt early in the nineteenth century began a process of westernization which gathered momentum, eventually spreading from Egypt and Syria to the rest of the Arab world, aided by the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. With the spread of secular education, printing and journalism, a new reading public appeared. A significant translation movement resulted in the borrowing of Western ideas as well as of literary forms: the novel, the short story and drama. Against the background of the rise of nationalism, the conflict between Islam and westernization, and the search for identity (intensified later by diverse ideologies), the traditional conception of literature as a display of verbal skill was replaced by the view that literature should reflect and indeed change social and political reality. The contributors to this volume of the Cambridge History of Arabic Literature examine the attempts made by Arab men and women to adapt the new imported forms as well as the indigenous literary tradition to meet the requirements of the modern world, and their ...
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