1492: The Poetics of Diaspora
Docker, John
| Publication Date | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Continuum, |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Good+, sound copy |
| SKU | 2426 |
| Notes | Clean and neat. |
Description
Paperback, 9'' x 6'', 279 pp. Part of the Literature, Culture and Identity series. Examines the concept of a ''lost world'' of a shared Indian, Arab and Jewish culture, undermined by the European expansion, and marking the beginning of nationalism of race, religion and language. This wide-ranging study considers ''Ivanhoe'', ''Ulysses'', family history, Genesis, Mediterranean cookery, Salman Rushdie, Zionism, Jewish mysticism and English Romanticism. Detailed bibliography. Index.
