Looking back at al-Andalus: the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval arabic and hebrew literature

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 reconstructionof 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 uniqueexamination into the role of memory, language, and subjectivity in presentinga series of interpretations of what al-Andalus represented to different writers at different historical-cultural moments.

• ISBN: 978-90-04-16680-6
• Editorial: Brill
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 190
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido