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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.

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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
  • Middle Eastern fiction > History and criticism
  • Orientalism in literature
  • Oriental literature > History and criticism
  • Civilization, Modern > Middle Eastern influences
Note
  • Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).
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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.
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