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The Beloved in Middle Eastern Literatures: The Culture of Love and Languishing

The Beloved in Middle Eastern Literatures: The Culture of Love and Languishing

Korangy, Alireza
Al-Samman, Hanadi
Beard, Michael

Hardcover

Series: Library of Middle East History

Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 1784532916
ISBN13: 9781784532918
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Dec 30 2017
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.36
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

In the long literary history of the Middle East, the notion of 'the beloved' has been a central trope in both the poetry and prose of the region. This book explores the concept of the beloved in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary manner, revealing how shared ideas on the subject supersede geographical and temporal boundaries, and ideas of nationhood. The book considers the beloved in its classical, modern and postmodern manifestations, taking into account the different sexual orientations and forms of desire expressed. From the pre-Islamic 'Udhri (romantic unrequited love), to the erotic same-sex love in thirteenth century poetry and prose, the divine Sufi reflections on the topic, and post-revolutionary love encounters in Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, The Beloved in Middle Eastern Literatures connects the affective and cultural with the political and the obscene. In focusing on the diverse manifestations of love and tropes of the lover/beloved binary, this book is unique in foregrounding what is often regarded as a 'taboo subject' in the region.

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