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This book publishes 323 handcopies of cuneiform tablets found in the academic papers of W. G. Lambert (1926–2011), one of the foremost Assyriologists of the twentieth century. Prepared by A. R. Geor……続きを見る

Confronting nationalistic and nativist interpreting practices in Persianate literary scholarship, Persian Literature as World Literature makes a case for reading these literatures as world literatur……続きを見る

This book offers a comparative study of emotion in Arabic Islamic and English Christian contemplative texts, c. 1110-1250, contributing to the emerging interest in ‘globalization’ in medieval studie……続きを見る

Shahrokh Meskoob was one of Iran’s leading intellectuals and a preeminent scholar of Persian literary traditions, language, and cultural identity. In The Ant’s Gift, Meskoob applies his insight and ……続きを見る

A multi-disciplinary exploration of how masculinity in the MENA region is constructed in film, literature, and nationalist discourse Constructions of masculinity are constantly evolving and being re……続きを見る

Right to the City Novels in Turkish Literature from the 1960s to the Present analyses the representation of rural migration to Istanbul in literature, placing Henri Lefebvre’s concept of the right t……続きを見る

This book investigates how representations of Black Africans have been negotiated over time in Arabic literature and film. The book offers direct readings of a representative selection of primary te……続きを見る

Die Umbrüche in der arabischen Welt seit Beginn des Arabischen Frühlings verlangen Veränderungen in der arabistischen Forschung und Lehre. Diese Einführung plädiert für eine Öffnung des Faches für k……続きを見る

"As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile," S. Y. Agnon declared at the 19……続きを見る

A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace Gilgamesh is a Babylonian epic from three thousand year……続きを見る

In this volume, Alhena Gadotti and Alexandra Kleinerman investigate how Akkadian speakers learned Sumerian during the Old Babylonian period in areas outside major cities. Despite the fact that it wa……続きを見る

Writers and Nations:The Case of American and Saudi Literatures examines how the concept of the nation in nineteenth century American literature and twentieth century and contemporary Saudi Arabian l……続きを見る

The “Bidun” (“without nationality”) are a stateless community based across the Arab Gulf. There are an estimated 100,000 or so Bidun in Kuwait, a heterogeneous group made up of tribes people who fai……続きを見る

A long-awaited corrective to the controversial idea of world literature, from a major voice in the field. Katerina Clark charts interwar efforts by Soviet, European, and Asian leftist writers to cre……続きを見る

Sadeq Hedayat is the most famous and the most enigmatic Iranian writer of the 20th century. This book is the first comprehensive study of Hedayat's life and works set against the background of liter……続きを見る

“Riscontri” è una testata unica nel suo genere che si caratterizza per l’approccio globale al mondo della cultura, con articoli di critica letteraria, di storia e di filosofia. Lontana dagli eccessi……続きを見る

What can novels tell us about masculinity in Syria? In this book, Lovisa Berg explores over 20 Syrian novels covering the last 50 years of the 20th century. Uniquely, she examines only female writer……続きを見る

Love has been an important trope in the literature of the region we now call the Middle East, from ancient times to modern. This book analyses love poetry in various ancient and contemporary languag……続きを見る

No Arab historical figure is more demonized than the Egyptian literati-turned-Islamist Sayyid Qutb. A poet and literary critic in his youth, Qutb is known to have abandoned literature in the 1950s i……続きを見る

This edited collection brings together a group of rhetoricians seeking to develop productive ways to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict,while avoiding the discursive impasses that so often derail……続きを見る

Da qualche tempo, ma sarebbe meglio dire da qualche secolo, le religioni stanno vivendo un periodo molto critico, anche se qualcuno, ottimista, pensa che ci sia un revival disordinato, cioè un ritor……続きを見る

I. Le monde védique et brahmanique II. La vie de Bouddha 続きを見る

本书是阿拉伯文学史的第三编，包括阿拉伯现代文学总论，沙姆地区阿拉伯文学，伊拉克、也门、海湾地区现代文学三编。书中对阿拉伯各国现代文学的渊源、流变、现状、重要的文学流派、作家、诗人及其代表作都作了详略……続きを見る

Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens - Das Leben und die Abenteuer des Martin Chuzzlewit ist ein Roman von Charles Dickens, der als der letzte seiner Schelmenromane gilt. Es wurde ursprünglich zwischen……続きを見る

"Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture: Essays by Hamid Dabashi" is a collection of writings by the acclaimed cultural critic and scholar. A thorough Introduction rigorously frames chap……続きを見る

"Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture: Essays by Hamid Dabashi" is a collection of writings by the acclaimed cultural critic and scholar. A thorough Introduction rigorously frames chap……続きを見る

"Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture: Essays by Hamid Dabashi" is a collection of writings by the acclaimed cultural critic and scholar. A thorough Introduction rigorously frames chap……続きを見る

This book critically examines the representational politics of women in post-millennial Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran across a range of literary, visual, and digital media. Introducing the concept……続きを見る

Dal 24 febbraio 2022 è in corso una terrificante guerra della Russia contro l’Ucraina per la contrapposizione di forze antagoniste: le filorusse e le ortodosse contro le europeiste e le cattoliche. ……続きを見る

Probably one of the original 'story within a story' books, Arabian nights is a selection of stories told by a young girl on her wedding night to a prince who has sworn to kill any girl who marries h……続きを見る