Alexandrian cosmopolitanism: an archive

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This book argues that the narrative of Alexandria's cosmopolitanism was in tune with colonial modernity. The Alexandria Archive is a comparative study of representations of cosmopolitanism in texts by C.P. Cavafy, E.M. Forster, Lawrence Durrell, and Bernard de Zogheb from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century.

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Full title :Alexandrian cosmopolitanism : an archive / Hala Halim.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Fordham University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 24 févr. 2015).

TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xviii, 459 p.)

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oclc:ocn904303019
LC Classification:PN56.3.A42
Dewey Decimal:809/.93358621

Of Greeks, Barbarians, Philhellenes, Hellenophones, and Egyptiotes / C.P. Cavafy -- Of hellenized cosmopolitanism and colonial subalternity / E.M. Forster -- Uncanny hybridity into neocolonialism / Lawrence Durrell -- Polypolis and Levantine camp / Bernard de Zogheb.

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Alexandria (Egypt) -- In literature Cosmopolitanism in literature Cosmopolitisme dans la littérature Criticism, interpretation, etc Egypt -- Alexandria European literature European literature -- History and crit… European literature -- History and crit… Literature Littérature européenne -- Histoire et c… Littérature européenne -- Histoire et c… Livres électroniques