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Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East, 1850-1970 book cover

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Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East, 1850-1970

Edited By Robin Ostle Copyright 1991
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge
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Enormous political and social changes brought about by modernization have naturally found expression in the literatures of the Near and Middle East. The contributors to this book, first published in 1991, trace the development of modern literary sensibility, in Turkish, Arabic, Persian and modern Hebrew. It is argued that the period can be divided into three broad phases – the age of translation... Read more

Part 1. The Age of Translation and Adaptation, 1850-1914  1. Modernization and Literature in the Near and Middle East, 1850-1914 Malcolm Yapp  2. Turkey Saliha Paker  3. The Arab World Pierre Cachia  4. Iran Julie Meisami  5. Modern Hebrew Tudor Parfitt  Part 2. From Romantic Nationalism to Social Criticism, 1914-1950  6. The Political Setting, 1914-1950 Charles Tripp  7. Turkey Geoffrey Lewis  8. The Arab World Robin Ostle  9. Modern Hebrew David Patterson  10. Iran Homa Katouzian  Part 3. The Age of Ideology and Polarization Since 1950  11. The Age of Ideology and Polarization David Pool  12. Turkey Cevat Çapan  13. The Mashriq Edwar al-Kharrat  14. The Maghrib Ahmed al-Madini  15. Israel Leon I. Yudkin

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