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Author:
Ouyang, Wen-chin.
Title:
Politics of nostalgia in the Arabic novel : nation-state, modernity and tradition / Wen-chin Ouyang.
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
x, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Arabic fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Arabic fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Nostalgia in literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-241) and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
0748655697 (hbk.)
9780748655694 (hbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)820779675
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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