Research Catalog

Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature

Title
Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature / by Alexander E. Elinson.
Author
Elinson, Alexander E.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library *PAT 09-655Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

Details

Description
x, 185 p.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, 1571-5183 ; v. 34
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
Contents
The poetics of loss and nostalgia in Muslim Spain -- Written in stone : the Andalusī rithāʼ al-mudun in the Arabic elegiac tradition -- Weeping over the poetic past : poetry into prose in al-Saraqusṭī's Qayrawan maqāma -- Al-Andalus and Sefarad in the Hebrew qaṣīda -- The view from al-Andalus : looking east, west, and south for Andalusī identity -- A final look back -- Appendix: Select Arabic and Hebrew texts.
Call Number
*PAT 09-655
ISBN
  • 9789004166806 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9004166807 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008050877
OCLC
276406226
Author
Elinson, Alexander E.
Title
Looking back at al-Andalus : the poetics of loss and nostalgia in medieval Arabic and Hebrew literature / by Alexander E. Elinson.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series
Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, 1571-5183 ; v. 34
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
Research Call Number
*PAT 09-655
View in Legacy Catalog