A new set of studies on representations of friendship in the art and literature of the world
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Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics
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Ferial
Friendship: Representations and Cultural Variations
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Literary Criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM General
LITERARY CRITICISM Middle Eastern
no. 36
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- ISBN 9789774167720
- Weight: 869g
- Dimensions: 170 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 04 Nov 2016
- Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
- Publication City/Country: EG
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Friendship, though esteemed, has not been central in critical studies. It has been overshadowed by other bonding relationships. However, it figures as a privileged theme in classical, medieval, renaissance, and modern philosophy. More recently, sociological, anthropological, and psychological studies have explored the varied dimensions of friendship. Different cultures view friendship in various perspectives that intersect, contrast, and echo each other. In Middle Eastern, East Asian, European, and American thought, philosophers, jurists, and creative writers have explored the idea of friendship and their input is analyzed in this issue. Alif 36 foregrounds different ways of presenting friendship in diverse cultures and historical periods.
Ferial Ghazoul is an Iraqi scholar, critic, and translator. She is professor of English and comparative literature at the American University in Cairo and has written extensively on gender issues in modern and medieval literature.
