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Author Elinson, Alexander E.

Title Looking back at al-Andalus [electronic resource] : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature / by Alexander E. Elinson.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description x, 185 p.
Series Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, 1571-5183 ; v. 34
Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 34.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
Contents The poetics of loss and nostalgia in Muslim Spain -- Written in stone : the Andalusi ritha al-mudun in the Arabic elegiac tradition -- Weeping over the poetic past : poetry into prose in al-Saraqusti's Qayrawan maqama -- Al-Andalus and Sefarad in the Hebrew qasida -- The view from al-Andalus : looking east, west, and south for Andalusi identity -- A final look back -- Appendix: Select Arabic and Hebrew texts.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Arabic literature -- History and criticism.
Hebrew literature -- History and criticism.
Nostalgia in literature.
Andalusia (Spain) -- In literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004166806 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004166807 (hardback : alk. paper)

 
    
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