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Politicising World Literature: Egypt, Between Pedagogy and the
Public engages with postcolonial and world literature approaches to
examine the worldly imaginary of the novel genre and assert the
political imperative to teaching world literature. How does
canonising world literature relate to societal, political or
academic reform? Alternating between close reading of texts and
literary history, this monograph studies a corpus of novels and
travelogues in English, Arabic, French, Czech and Italian to
historicise Egypt's literary relations with different parts of the
world in both the modern period and the pre-modern period. In this
rigorous study, May Hawas argues that protagonists, particularly in
times of political crises, locate themselves as individuals with
communal or political affiliations that supersede, if not actually
resist, national affiliations.
Politicising World Literature: Egypt, Between Pedagogy and the
Public engages with postcolonial and world literature approaches to
examine the worldly imaginary of the novel genre and assert the
political imperative to teaching world literature. How does
canonising world literature relate to societal, political or
academic reform? Alternating between close reading of texts and
literary history, this monograph studies a corpus of novels and
travelogues in English, Arabic, French, Czech and Italian to
historicise Egypt's literary relations with different parts of the
world in both the modern period and the pre-modern period. In this
rigorous study, May Hawas argues that protagonists, particularly in
times of political crises, locate themselves as individuals with
communal or political affiliations that supersede, if not actually
resist, national affiliations.
The Routledge Companion to World Literature and World History is a
comprehensive and engaging volume, combining essays from historians
and literary academics to create a space for productive
cross-cultural encounters between the two fields. In addition to
the 27 essays, the Companion includes general introductions from
two of the leading scholars of history and literature, David
Damrosch and Patrick Manning, as well as personal testimonies from
artists working in the area, and editorials asking provocative
questions. The volume includes sections on: People - with essays
looking at World Literature, Intellectual Commerce, Religion,
language and war, and Indigenous ethnography Networks and methods -
examining maps, geography, morality and the crises of world
literature Transformations - including essays on race, colonialism,
and the non-human Interdisciplinary and groundbreaking, this volume
brings to light various ways in which scholars of literature and
history analyse, assimilate or reveal the intellectual heritage of
the past, at the same moment as they try consciously to deal with
an unending amount of new information and an awareness of global
connections and discrepancies. Including work from leading
academics in the field, as well as newer voices, the Companion is
ideal for students and scholars alike.
In 1968 Egyptian novelist and political exile Waguih Ghali
committed suicide in the London flat of his editor, friend, and
sometime lover, Diana Athill. Ghali left behind six notebooks of
diaries that for decades were largely inaccessible to the public.
An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties is the first publication of its
kind of the journals, casting fascinating light on a likeable and
highly enigmatic literary personality.Waguih Ghali (1930?-69),
author of the acclaimed novel Beer in the Snooker Club, was a
libertine, sponger, and manic depressive, but also an extraordinary
writer, a pacifist, and a savvy political commentator. Covering the
last four years of his life, Ghali's Diaries offer an exciting
glimpse into London's swinging sixties.Moving from West Germany to
London and Israel, and back in memory to Egypt and Paris, the
entries boast of endless drinking, countless love affairs, and of
mingling with the dazzling intellectuals of London, but the Diaries
also critique the sinister political circles of Jerusalem and
Cairo, describe Ghali's trepidation at being the first Egyptian
allowed into Israel after the 1967 War, and confess in detail the
pain and difficulties of writing and exile. Including two
interviews conducted by Deborah Starr, with celebrated literary
editor Diana Athill, OBE, and with Ghali's cousin, former director
of UNICEF-Geneva, Samir Basta, the Diaries bring together those
most familiar with Ghali's life and work, and offer a fresh take on
a distinctive author and a vibrant decade.
In 1968 Egyptian novelist and political exile Waguih Ghali
committed suicide in the London flat of his editor, friend, and
sometime lover, Diana Athill. Ghali left behind six notebooks of
diaries that for decades were largely inaccessible to the public.
The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties,
in two volumes, is the first publication of its kind of the
journals, casting fascinating light on a likable and highly
enigmatic literary personality.Waguih Ghali (1930?-69), author of
the acclaimed novel Beer in the Snooker Club, was a libertine,
sponger, and manic depressive, but also an extraordinary writer, a
pacifist, and a savvy political commentator. Covering the last four
years of his life, Ghali's Diaries offer an exciting glimpse into
London's swinging sixties. Volume 2 covers the period from 1966 to
1968. Moving from West Germany to London and Israel, and back in
memory to Egypt and Paris, the entries boast of endless drinking,
countless love affairs, and of mingling with the dazzling
intellectuals of London, but the Diaries also critique the sinister
political circles of Jerusalem and Cairo, describe Ghali's
trepidation at being the first Egyptian allowed into Israel after
the 1967 War, and confess in detail the pain and difficulties of
writing and exile.Including an interview conducted by Deborah Starr
with Ghali's cousin, former director of UNICEF-Geneva, Samir Basta.
The Routledge Companion to World Literature and World History is a
comprehensive and engaging volume, combining essays from historians
and literary academics to create a space for productive
cross-cultural encounters between the two fields. In addition to
the 27 essays, the Companion includes general introductions from
two of the leading scholars of history and literature, David
Damrosch and Patrick Manning, as well as personal testimonies from
artists working in the area, and editorials asking provocative
questions. The volume includes sections on: People - with essays
looking at World Literature, Intellectual Commerce, Religion,
language and war, and Indigenous ethnography Networks and methods -
examining maps, geography, morality and the crises of world
literature Transformations - including essays on race, colonialism,
and the non-human Interdisciplinary and groundbreaking, this volume
brings to light various ways in which scholars of literature and
history analyse, assimilate or reveal the intellectual heritage of
the past, at the same moment as they try consciously to deal with
an unending amount of new information and an awareness of global
connections and discrepancies. Including work from leading
academics in the field, as well as newer voices, the Companion is
ideal for students and scholars alike.
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