Hilla Peled-Shapira

The Prose Works of Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman

The City and the Beast

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reexamines the terms 'exile' and 'criticism' through language and metaphors in the writings of this Iraqi novelist, while shedding light on the tense relationship between Leftist intellectuals and the Iraqi regime in the mid-twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9781498504669
• ISBN-10: 1498504663
• Artikelnr.: 53213356

Autorenporträt

Hilla Peled-Shapira is professor of modern Arabic literature at Bar-Ilan and Ariel Universities.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter One: Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman and
His Generation-an Introduction Chapter Two: Opposition Intellectuals in
Iraq through the Prism of Language and Style-Farman Chapter Three: Being an
Opposition Intellectual in Iraq-the Model of Circles of Criticism Chapter
Four: Memories of Baghdad Conclusion Bibliography