| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 459 pages) |
| Contents |
Of Greeks, Barbarians, Philhellenes, Hellenophones, and Egyptiotes / C.P. Cavafy -- Of hellenized cosmopolitanism and colonial subalternity / E.M. Forster -- Uncanny hybridity into neocolonialism / Lawrence Durrell -- Polypolis and Levantine camp / Bernard de Zogheb |
| Summary |
This book argues that the narrative of Alexandria's cosmopolitanism was in tune with colonial modernity. The Alexandria Archive is a comparative study of representations of cosmopolitanism in texts by C.P. Cavafy, E.M. Forster, Lawrence Durrell, and Bernard de Zogheb from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century |
| Analysis |
Bernard de Zogheb |
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C.P. Cavafy |
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Cosmopolitanism |
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E.M. Forster |
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Imperialism |
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Lawrence Durrell |
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Mediterranean |
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alexandria |
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egypt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cosmopolitanism in literature.
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European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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European literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Cosmopolitanism in literature
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European literature
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Literature
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| SUBJECT |
Alexandria (Egypt) -- In literature
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| Subject |
Egypt -- Alexandria
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013009212 |
| ISBN |
9780823252992 |
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082325299X |
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9780823252275 |
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0823252272 |
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9780823252282 |
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0823252280 |
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9780823251773 |
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0823251772 |
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