Alif 23 - Literature and the Sacred

This collection examines the relationship between literary discourses and ideas of the sacred in different cultures and epochs. Contributors 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 contestation between literature and the sacred over the constitution of cultural and social norms.

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Shahab Ahmed (Editore)
• Editore: The American University in Cairo Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.10.2003
• EAN: 9789774248221
• ISBN: 978-977-424-822-1
• Pagine: 500
• Dimensioni: 170 mm x 240 mm x 29 mm
• Peso: 857 g
• Serie: Alif: Journal of Contemporary; Alif: Journal of Contemporary
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata