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Specters of world literature Orientalism, modernity, and the novel in the Middle East
- Title
- Specters of world literature [electronic resource] : Orientalism, modernity, and the novel in the Middle East / Karim Mattar.
- Author
- Mattar, Karim.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
Details
- Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 340 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Summary
- At the heart of this book is a spectral theory of world literature that draws on Edward Said, Aamir Mufti, Jacques Derrida and world-systems theory to assess how the field produces local literature as an "other" that haunts its universalising, assimilative imperative with the force of the uncanny.
- Uniform Title
- Specters of world literature (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Specters of world literature (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- OCLC
- ssj0002559956
- Author
- Mattar, Karim.
- Title
- Specters of world literature [electronic resource] : Orientalism, modernity, and the novel in the Middle East / Karim Mattar.
- Imprint
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
- Access
- Access restricted to authorized users.
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