Exile and Expatriation in Modern American and Palestinian Writing

This book examines the distinction between literary expatriation and exile through a 'contrapuntal reading' of modern Palestinian and American writing. It argues that exile, in the Palestinian case especially, is a political catastrophe; it is banishment by a colonial power. It suggests th...

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Hlavní autor: Qabaha, Ahmad Rasmi (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
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Comparative literature.
Middle Eastern literature.
Literature .
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature, Modern-21st century.
America-Literatures.
ISBN:9783319914152
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Obsah:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Voluntary/Involuntary Departures: The Complications of Exile and Belonging in Malcolm Cowley and Fawaz Turki
  • 3. Centrifugal/Centripetal Movements: Placelessness and the Subversive Tactics of Mobility in Ernest Hemingway and Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
  • 4. Voyage In/Voyage Out: The Place of Origin and Identity (Re-) Construction in Gertrude Stein and Edward Said
  • 5. Possible/Impossible Returns: The Questions of Roots and Routes in Thomas Wolfe and Mourid Barghouti
  • 6. Conclusion.

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