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Literary Disinheritance examines post-nationalist articulations of "home" in the writing of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and the Algerian writer Assia Djebar, providing a rare comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of contemporary writers from the Mashreq and the Maghreb.

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Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I. Revisiting a Heritage of Dispossession Chapter 3 Chapter 1. The Trial of Heritage and the Legacy of Abraham Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Reclaiming an Islamic Legacy of Memory and Contestation in Assia Djebar's Loin de Médine Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Poetic Survival: Post-Beirut Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish Part 6 Part II. The Reconstitution of Home through Language Chapter 7 Chapter 1. The Language of Home: Assia Djebar's L'Amour, la fantasia Chapter 8 Chapter 2. Writing Absence: Language, Rhythm, and Temporality in the Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish Chapter 9 Afterword

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 12/17/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780739120071, 978-0739120071
      ISBN10: 0739120077

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Literary Disinheritance examines post-nationalist articulations of "home" in the writing of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and the Algerian writer Assia Djebar, providing a rare comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of contemporary writers from the Mashreq and the Maghreb.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I. Revisiting a Heritage of Dispossession Chapter 3 Chapter 1. The Trial of Heritage and the Legacy of Abraham Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Reclaiming an Islamic Legacy of Memory and Contestation in Assia Djebar's Loin de Médine Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Poetic Survival: Post-Beirut Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish Part 6 Part II. The Reconstitution of Home through Language Chapter 7 Chapter 1. The Language of Home: Assia Djebar's L'Amour, la fantasia Chapter 8 Chapter 2. Writing Absence: Language, Rhythm, and Temporality in the Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish Chapter 9 Afterword

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