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Politics of nostalgia in the Arabic novel : nation-state, modernity and tradition

Title
  1. Politics of nostalgia in the Arabic novel : nation-state, modernity and tradition / Wen-chin Ouyang.
Published by
  1. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2013.
Author
  1. Ouyang, Wen-chin.

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Description
  1. x, 246 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Nostalgia in literature
  2. Arabic fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  3. Arabic fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
Contents
  1. Part I. Nostalgia: politics of the past. 1. 'The invention of tradition' -- 2. The mysterious (dis)appearance of tradition -- Part II. Madness: in the ruins of dream and memory. 3. Semiology of madness -- 4. Semiotics of tyranny -- Part III. Narrating the nation: time, history, story. 5. History -- 6. Story -- Epilogue. Post-national impulses.
Call number
  1. JFE 13-4524
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-241) and index.
Author
  1. Ouyang, Wen-chin.
Title
  1. Politics of nostalgia in the Arabic novel : nation-state, modernity and tradition / Wen-chin Ouyang.
Imprint
  1. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2013.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-241) and index.
ISBN
  1. 9780748655694 (hbk.)
  2. 0748655697 (hbk.)
Research call number
  1. JFE 13-4524
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