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Author Starr, Deborah A., 1968-

Title Remembering cosmopolitan Egypt : literature, culture, and empire / Deborah A. Starr
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 197 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; 21
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; 21.
Contents pt. 1. Colonial anxieties and cosmopolitan desires -- pt. 2. Counterpoint New York -- pt. 3. A mobile Levant
Summary This book examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. It€analyzes the ways in which literature and film have portrayed the period and the great cultural diversity in the country prior to Nasser
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
Civilization -- Western influences
SUBJECT Egypt -- Civilization -- Western influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008007326
Egypt -- Fiction
Cairo (Egypt) -- Fiction
Alexandria (Egypt) -- Fiction
Subject Egypt
Egypt -- Alexandria
Egypt -- Cairo
Genre/Form Fiction
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780415775113
0415775116
9780203881361
0203881362
9781135974060
1135974063