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Looking back at al-Andalus [electronic resource] : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature / by Alexander E. Elinson.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English, Arabic, Hebrew Series: Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 34.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: x, 185 pISBN:
  • 9789004166806 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9004166807 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 892.7/09353 22
  • 892.70935846809021 22
LOC classification:
  • PJ7519.A497 E45 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The poetics of loss and nostalgia in Muslim Spain -- Written in stone : the Andalus�i rith�a� al-mudun in the Arabic elegiac tradition -- Weeping over the poetic past : poetry into prose in al-Saraqus�t�i's Qayrawan maq�ama -- Al-Andalus and Sefarad in the Hebrew qa�s�ida -- The view from al-Andalus : looking east, west, and south for Andalus�i identity -- A final look back -- Appendix: Select Arabic and Hebrew texts.
Item type: eBooks
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.

The poetics of loss and nostalgia in Muslim Spain -- Written in stone : the Andalus�i rith�a� al-mudun in the Arabic elegiac tradition -- Weeping over the poetic past : poetry into prose in al-Saraqus�t�i's Qayrawan maq�ama -- Al-Andalus and Sefarad in the Hebrew qa�s�ida -- The view from al-Andalus : looking east, west, and south for Andalus�i identity -- A final look back -- Appendix: Select Arabic and Hebrew texts.

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