Static Forms - Writing the Present in the Modern Middle East

Shir Alon develops a new theory of the emergence of modernist literary forms through a series of parallel readings of Arabic and Hebrew prose.

About the author

Shir Alon is an assistant professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Product details

• Authors: Shir Alon
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.11.2025
• EAN: 9780231215954
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21595-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Modernist Latitudes
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Ethnic Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Middle East, Jewish Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities