Iberian Jewish Literature - Between Al-Andalus and Christian Europe

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan P. Decter is Assistant Professor and holds the Edmond J. Safra Chair in Sephardic Studies, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University. Klappentext Published with the generous support of the Koret Foundation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Poetry 1. Space: Landscape and Transition 2. Form: Varieties of Lamentation and Estrangement 3. Imagery: The Protean Garden Part 2. Narrative 4. Context: Imagining Hebrew Fiction between Arabic and European Sources 5. Structure: Literature in Transition 6. Voice: Maqama and Morality 7. Space: Landscape, Geography, and Transition Conclusion: Out of the Garden Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Jonathan P Decter, Jonathan P. Decter, Decter Jonathan P
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2007
• EAN: 9780253349132
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34913-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)