Description: Further DetailsTitle: Memos from the Besieged CityCondition: NewSubtitle: Lifelines for Cultural SustainabilityAuthor: Djelal KadirFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0804770506EAN: 9780804770507ISBN: 9780804770507Publisher: Stanford University PressGenre: Literary CriticismRelease Date: 09/13/2010Description: Memos from the Besieged City argues for the institutional and cultural relevance of literary study through foundational figures, from the 1200s to today, who defied precarious circumstances to make significant contributions to literacy and civilization in the face of infelicitous human acts. Focusing on historically vital crossroads—Baghdad, Florence, Byzantium, Istanbul, Rome, Paris, New York, Mexico City, Jerusalem, Beijing, Stockholm, Warsaw—Kadir looks at how unconventional and nonconformist writings define literacy, culture, and intellectual commitment. Inspired by political refugee and literary scholar Erich Auerbach's path-breaking Mimesis, and informed by late twentieth-century ideological and methodological upheavals, the book reflects on literacy and dissidence at a moment when literary disciplines, canons, and theories are being reassessed under the pressure of globalization and transculturation. At the forefront of an ethical turn in the comparative analysis of cultures and their literary legacies, it reminds us of the best humanity can produce.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 408gBook Series: Cultural Memory in the PresentRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Memos from the Besieged City
Title: Memos from the Besieged City
Subtitle: Lifelines for Cultural Sustainability
ISBN-10: 0804770506
EAN: 9780804770507
ISBN: 9780804770507
Genre: Literary Criticism
Release Date: 09/13/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: Memos from the Besieged City : Lifelines for Cultural Sustainability
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Comparative Literature, General
Publication Year: 2010
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Author: Djelal Kadir
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
