Description
Brings forth the Islamicate as an aesthetic and critical force in World Literature Disrupts the one-way traffic in the field of World Literature studies by regarding Islam as both an alternative and a critical force behind creative processes Understands Islam as a driving creative force and situates its contribution in the development, past and present, of world imaginaries Covers a variety of global locations to discuss the Islamicate as developed in Western European, Turkic, Indo-Persian, Middle-Eastern, African Indonesian and Chinese literatures Examines a diversity of genres including fiction and poetry, but also philosophy, and oral literature Since its advent, Islam has been a representational force to be reckoned with, cross-pollinating world literatures in Africa, Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean and the Americas. Yet, scholarship on Islam in world literatures has been sparse despite its significant presence. This book understands Islamic literary and cultural heritages as dynamic forces, constantly enriched and enlivened by various humanistic traditions in multiple languages, spanning the lives of individuals and societies throughout history. It is also designed to incorporate a variety of themes, influences, ramifications and representations of Islam in world literatures in classical and contemporary contexts. Exploring Islam's presence in world literatures in two strands: on the one hand, examining the orientalist versions and usages of Islam; and on the other hand, analysing the presence of Islam as Islamicate, this book advances a consideration of Islam as an agent in the history of World Literature.
About the Author
Sarah Bin Tyeer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle East, South Asian and Africa Studies at Columbia University. She is the author of The Qur'an and the Aesthetics of Pre-modern Arabic Prose (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).Claire Gallien is Senior Lecturer in English at University Paul Val ry-Montpellier III. She is She is author of L'orient anglais (Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment/Liverpool UP, 2011) and co-editor (with Ladan Niayesh) of Eastern Resonances in Early Modern England: Receptions and Transformations from the Renaissance to the Romantic Period (New York: Palgrave, 2019).
Reviews
"An Islamicate turn in world literature? Introduced in the 1970s, Islamicate never seemed likely as a descriptor supplanting Muslim and Islamic, but its ascent now seems imminent due to this sparkling collection of essays, from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, with fresh insight and apt analysis in every chapter." -Bruce B. Lawrence, Marcus Family Humanities Professor of Religion Emeritus, Duke University
Book Information
ISBN 9781474484053
Author Jeffrey Einboden
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
About the Author
Sarah Bin Tyeer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle East, South Asian and Africa Studies at Columbia University. She is the author of The Qur'an and the Aesthetics of Pre-modern Arabic Prose (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).Claire Gallien is Senior Lecturer in English at University Paul Val ry-Montpellier III. She is She is author of L'orient anglais (Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment/Liverpool UP, 2011) and co-editor (with Ladan Niayesh) of Eastern Resonances in Early Modern England: Receptions and Transformations from the Renaissance to the Romantic Period (New York: Palgrave, 2019).
Reviews
"An Islamicate turn in world literature? Introduced in the 1970s, Islamicate never seemed likely as a descriptor supplanting Muslim and Islamic, but its ascent now seems imminent due to this sparkling collection of essays, from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, with fresh insight and apt analysis in every chapter." -Bruce B. Lawrence, Marcus Family Humanities Professor of Religion Emeritus, Duke University
Book Information
ISBN 9781474484053
Author Jeffrey Einboden
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
