The Arab Renaissance - An Anthology of the Nahda

Collected in this anthology are texts by intellectuals, writers, clergy, and political figures that deal with authority, social norms, conventions and practices both secular and religious, gender roles, class, travel, and technology. Presented in the original Arabic and in English translation, they will be of interest of students of Arabic language and culture, history, cultural studies, gender studies, and other disciplines.

About the author

Tarek El-Ariss is associate professor of Arabic and comparative literature at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political (2013) and an associate editor of the Journal of Arabic Literature.

Summary

An anthology of Arabic texts and English translations of works from the Arab Renaissance. The topics included are modernity, language, gender, transnationalism, literary criticism, politics, travel, social justice, technology, history, and commerce. The edition is designed for the classroom, with introductions to specific writers and works and with explanatory notes by the translators.

Product details

• Authors: Tarek (EDT) El-ariss
• Assisted by: Tarek El-Ariss (Editor), John Baskerville (Translation), Marilyn Booth (Translation), Anthony Edwards (Translation), Ziad Fahmy (Translation), Angela Giordani (Translation), William Granara (Translation), Zeina G Halabi (Translation), Ghenwa Hayek (Translation), Elizabeth M Holt (Translation), Boutheina Khaldi (Translation), Benjamin Koerber (Translation), Lital Levy (Translation), Margaret Litvin (Translation), Yaseen Noorani (Translation), Kamran Rastegar (Translation), Spencer Scoville (Translation), Stephen Sheehi (Translation), Anna Ziajka Stanton (Translation), Lior Sternfeld (Translation), Shaden M Tageldin (Translation)
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn Of Amer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781603293037
• ISBN: 978-1-60329-303-7
• Series: Texts and Translations; Texts and Translations; MLA Texts and Translations
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Afrika, Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), LITERARY CRITICISM / African, Literature - Classics / Criticism, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern