Description
Book SynopsisThe story of how Latin and Arabic spread across the Mediterranean to create a cosmopolitan world of letters.
Trade Review"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
Table of ContentsPart 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
