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- catalog abstract "Fouad Ajami is a spellbinding chronicler, a teller of haunting tales that open up complex worlds and concepts. Here it is the tale of an "edifice of yearnings" created in the writings of a group of Arab men and women in the wake of World War I. They lived in proximity to the stirring philosophical and political movements of the West and longed for their own world to embrace modernity. Their dreams were bequeathed to later generations of intellectuals, only to come under siege in a battle over modernity that is still contested in the Arab world. The Dream Palace of the Arabs, moving back and forth in time, tells the story of the Arabs through their own fiction, prose, and poetry. It vividly renders the distinct textures of Cairo and Beirut, the leading centers of contemporary Arab culture, and depicts through memorable lives the phenomenon of exile and flight that has come to Arab life in our time.".
- catalog contributor b10627204.
- catalog coverage "Arab countries Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Fouad Ajami is a spellbinding chronicler, a teller of haunting tales that open up complex worlds and concepts. Here it is the tale of an "edifice of yearnings" created in the writings of a group of Arab men and women in the wake of World War I. They lived in proximity to the stirring philosophical and political movements of the West and longed for their own world to embrace modernity. Their dreams were bequeathed to later generations of intellectuals, only to come under siege in a battle over modernity that is still contested in the Arab world. The Dream Palace of the Arabs, moving back and forth in time, tells the story of the Arabs through their own fiction, prose, and poetry. It vividly renders the distinct textures of Cairo and Beirut, the leading centers of contemporary Arab culture, and depicts through memorable lives the phenomenon of exile and flight that has come to Arab life in our time.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-322) and index.".
- catalog extent "xix, 344 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Dream palace of the Arabs.".
- catalog identifier "0375401504".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dream palace of the Arabs.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Dream palace of the Arabs.".
- catalog spatial "Arab countries Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog spatial "Arab countries.".
- catalog subject "956.04 21".
- catalog subject "DS36.88 .A4 1998".
- catalog subject "Intellectuals Arab countries.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism Arab countries.".
- catalog title "The dream palace of the Arabs : a generation's odyssey / Fouad Ajami.".
- catalog type "text".