Protocols of the Elders of Sodom - And Other Essays

Informationen zum Autor Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics-including Pirates of the Caribbean , Bush in Babylon , The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome -as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London. Klappentext These provocative essays explore the links between literature, history, and politics, through an examination of the work of Cervantes, Tolstoy, Soltzhenitsyn, Rushdie, and others. Zusammenfassung Presents essays on the giants of world literature that explore the links between literature! history and politics. This title discusses common themes as well as polarities! impressions and re-readings! contextualizing the text in the political and historical milieu of its creation. It highlights the frustrations and pleasures of world literature.

Product details

• Authors: Tariq Ali
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2009
• EAN: 9781844673674
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-367-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays