Literary modernity between the Middle East and Europe : textual transactions in nineteenth-century Arabic, English, and Persian literatures / Kamran Rastegar
The literary abacus : transactions in nineteenth-century Arabic, English, and Persian literatures -- Biographies of the Arabian nights, an English chapter -- Modern Arabic and Persian biographies of the Arabian nights -- The inner subjects of Arabic and Persian travel texts on Europe -- On nothing and everything : travel, conversion, and the transformation of (Ahmad) Faris al-Shidyaq, Arab observer of Europe -- Transactions and translations: Hajji Baba Ispahani's value between English and Persian readerships -- Conclusion : towards critical philology
Summary
This book is a comparative study of the development of English, Persian and Arabic literature and their interrelations with specific reference to modernity, nationalism and social value
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-172) and index
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