| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Princeton Legacy Library
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface ; 1. Fictional Genealogies ; 2. The God Abandons the Murderess: Or, Murder as Opposition? ; 3. In the Flickering Light of UMM Hāshim's Lamp ; 4. Of Noisy Trains and Grass Pillows ; 5. Doubling: The (Immigrant) Worker as (Exiled) Writer ; 6. Deserts of Memory ; 7. Hunting Whales and Elephants, (Re)Producing Narratives ; 8. In Other Words, In Other Worlds: In Place of a Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index. |
| Summary |
If the modern Western novel is linked to the rise of a literate bourgeoisie with particular social values and narrative expectations, to what extent can that history of the novel be anticipated in non-Western contexts? In this bold, insightful work Mary Layoun investigates the development of literary practice in the Greek, Arabic, and Japanese cultures, which initially considered the novel a foreign genre, a cultural accoutrement of ""Western"" influence. Offering a textual and contextual analysis of six novels representing early twentieth-century and contemporary literary fiction in these. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Comparative literature -- European and Oriental.
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Comparative literature. |
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Comparative literature -- Oriental and European.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Layoun, Mary N. Travels of a Genre : The Modern Novel and Ideology. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014 |
| ISBN |
9781400860807 (electronic book) |
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1400860806 (electronic book) |
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