Looking Back at Al-Andalus

The Poetics of Loss and Nostalgia in Medieval Arabic and Hebrew Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-16680-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

Looking Back at al-Andalus focuses on Arabic and Hebrew Literature that expresses the loss of al-Andalus from multiple vantage points. In doing so, this book examines the definition of al-Andalus’ literary borders, the reconstruction of which navigates between traditional generic formulations and actual political, military and cultural challenges. By looking at a variety of genres, the book shows that literature aiming to recall and define al-Andalus expresses a series of symbolic literary objects more than a geographic and political entity fixed in a single time and place. Looking Back at al-Andalus offers a unique examination into the role of memory, language, and subjectivity in presenting a series of interpretations of what al-Andalus represented to different writers at different historical-cultural moments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elinson, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literaturen des Alten Orients
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander E. Elinson, Ph.D. (2004) in Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic at Hunter College of the City University of New York. His research interests include medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature from Muslim Spain and North Africa.