Literary Optics. Staging the Collective in the Nahda, Paperback/Maha AbdelMegeed

Offers a compelling alternative to the traditional mode of analysing Arabic literature through an encounter between Arabic narrative forms and European ones. Drawing upon close engagements with the works of canonical authors, AbdelMegeed addresses how and why they were drawn together to form a canon. Publisher: Syracuse University Press Author(s): Maha AbdelMegeed Number of pages: 304 Collection: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 151 x 229 x 20 Cover type: Paperback / softback