{"product_id":"lives-of-the-great-languages-9780226795904","title":"Lives of the Great Languages","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of how Latin and Arabic spread across the Mediterranean to create a cosmopolitan world of letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lives of the Great Languages is a keenly original and challenging intervention in the discussion of the life and death of languages. Anyone interested in the history of Arabic language and culture will find it informative and insightful. It is what we need in order to rethink the national and monolingual frame through which we discuss languages, literary traditions, and cultural expressions.\"--Wen-chin Ouyang, University of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Group Portrait with Language  Chapter 1: A Poetics of the Cosmopolitan Language Chapter 2: My Tongue Chapter 3: A Cat May Look at a King  Part II: Space, Place, and the Cosmopolitan Language  Chapter 4: Territory \/ Frontiers \/ Routes Chapter 5: Tracks Chapter 6: Tribal Rugs  Part III: Translation and Time  Chapter 7: The Soul of a New Language Chapter 8: On First Looking into Mattā’s Aristotle Chapter 9: “I Became a Fable” Chapter 10: A Spy in the House of Language  Part IV: Beyond the Cosmopolitan Language  Chapter 11: Silence Chapter 12: The Shadow of Latinity Chapter 13: Life Writing  Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400121622871,"sku":"9780226795904","price":91.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226795904.jpg?v=1730469795","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lives-of-the-great-languages-9780226795904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}