Beirut, imagining the city : space and place in Lebanese literature /: space and place in Lebanese literature. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Space and place in Lebanese literature
• Further Information: Note: Ghenwa Hayek.
• Authors: Hayek, Ghenwa
• Contents: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: From Mount Lebanon to Beirut: The Shifting Landscapes of Lebanese Fiction; 1. Inhospitable Spaces: City and Village in Tawahin Bayrut and Tuyur Aylul; 2. A City Divided: Beirut in the (1975-90) Civil War; 3. Commemorative Countermemories: Beirut in 1990s Lebanese Fiction; 4. Tracing Beirut in Contemporary Historical Novels: Postmemory and the Urban Imaginary in Rabee Jaber and Alexandre Najjar. 5. Beirut: Past, Present, Future? Memory and Anxiety in Contemporary Lebanese ComicsEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: London New York, NY : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 892.709006; Arabic fiction -- Lebanon -- History and criticism; Place (Philosophy) in literature; Arabic literature -- Lebanon -- History and criticism; Arabic literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Arabic literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Lebanese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Lebanese literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism; National characteristics in literature; Arabic literature; Lebanese literature; Literature; National characteristics in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / African; Beirut (Lebanon) -- In literature; Lebanese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Lebanese literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism; National characteristics in literature; Beirut (Lebanon) -- In literature; Lebanon; Lebanon -- Beirut; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857736703; 0857736701
• Related ISBNs: 9781784530150; 1784530158
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.