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Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, no. 23
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- Book Synopsis
- Studies in this collection treat varied aspects of the relationship between literary discourses and ideas of the sacred in different cultures and epochs. Contributions by established and emerging scholars from the Arab world, South Asia, Europe, and North America examine issues such as the treatment of the sacred in literary texts and traditions, the literary dimensions of sacred texts, the impact of the sacred on literary imagination, the role of the literary in sacred experience, and the contestations between the respective projects of literature and the sacred over the constitution of cultural and social norms. Alif vol. 23 Contributors: English and French sections: Nasr Abu Zaid, Karen Campbell, Angelica DeAngelis, Markus Dressler, Michael Frishkopf, Scott Kugle, Heba Machhour, Olivier Sécardin, Marla Segol. Arabic section: Farid Abu Si'da, Boutros Hallaq, Ahmed Taher Hassanein, Anwar Ibrahim, Richard Jacquemond, Salah Kamel, Ali Mabrook, Sa'id Tawfiq.
- About The Author
- Shahab Ahmed is a junior fellow of the Society of Fellows of Harvard University. He obtained his BA in Middle East history from the American University in Cairo, and his PhD in Islamic history from Princeton University.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9789774248221
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press, (15 September 2003)
- Number of Pages
- 500
- Weight
- 860 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 170 x 165.1 x 34 mm
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