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Tradition, modernity, and postmodernity in Arabic literature
BRILL 2000; US$ 232.00This volume offers a collection of essays by a group of scholars of Arabic literature. It explores various manifestations of traditional as well as modern and postmodern themes and techniques in Arabic literature. more...
Atlantis
Infobase Publishing 2012; US$ 35.00First described by the Greek philosopher Plato in the year 360 bce, Atlantis was a naval power located at the Pillars of Hercules (today's Strait of Gibraltar) that had successfully conquered large swaths of Western Europe. After its defeat, Atlantis then sunk into the sea, never to be seen or heard from again. For centuries, this tale of Atlantis... more...
Religious Perspectives in Modern Muslim and Jewish Literatures
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95This collection brings together discussions of the way in which Muslim and Jewish beliefs and practices are represented in modern literary texts of poetry, fiction and drama. The chapters collected here consider elements of the expression of Judaism and Islam in modern literature. Key topics such as religious ideas and teachings, aspects of mysticism,... more...
Sexuality and War
NYU Press 1990; US$ 75.00"A courageous analysis of Arab writers, addressing the connections between masculinity, violence, and nationalism.". Robin Morgan, Ms. . "Rarely have sexuality and war been treated with such poignancy and historical concreteness .... The force of these often intertwined phenomena endemic to the human condition are considered with... more...
An Introduction to Arab Poetics
Saqi 2013; US$ 8.74Poetry is the quintessence of Arab culture. In this book, one of the foremost Arab poets reinterprets a rich and ancient heritage. He examines the oral tradition of pre-Islamic Arabian poetry, as well as the relationship between Arabic poetry and the Qur?an, and between poetry and thought. Adonis also assesses the challenges of modernism and the... more...
Mount of Knowledge, Sword of Eloquence
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 45.00A distinguished scholar, author and statesman, al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi (1000-1078 CE) lived during one of the most turbulent periods in Islamic history. The 11th-century was characterized, among other things, by an acute struggle for supremacy between the Sunni and Shi'a braches of Islam, represented politically by the 'Abbasid... more...
New Voices of Arabia - The Poetry
I.B.Tauris 2012; US$ 54.17Poetry in Saudi Arabia today is a dramatic manifestation of the rapid changes that are sweeping not only through the country's literature and culture, but also through Saudi life as a whole. The unyielding tension between the forces of change and tradition are nowhere more painfully visible than in the poem. Bringing together three generations... more...
Arabic Literary Thresholds
BRILL 2009; US$ 238.00This book provides a very synthetic view of Arabic literature within the field of social sciences and the humanities. It demonstrates an actual shift in the study of Arabic literature and directs attention to new dimensions and perspectives. more...
The Locust and the Bird
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.95In a masterly act of literary transformation, celebrated novelist Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic life and times of her mother, Kamila. Married at a young age against her will, Kamila soon fell head-over-heels in love with another man?and was thus forced to choose between her children and her lover. As the narrative unfolds through the years?from... more...
An Introduction to Arabic Literature
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 32.00This volume provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from the fifth century to the present day. With extensive quotations in translation, a chronology and a guide to further reading, it is an invaluable student introduction to a major non-Western literary tradition. more...









