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Author Twist, Joseph, 1988- author.

Title Mystical Islam and cosmopolitanism in contemporary German literature : openness to alterity / Joseph Twist
Published Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 204 pages)
Series Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Contents Frontcover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Spirituality, Cosmopolitanism, and Muslim German Writers; 1: Between Heaven and Earth, and Self and Other: Zafer Å#x9E;enocakâ#x80;#x99;s Ã#x9C;bergang; 2: Poetry, Prayer, and Apostasy: SAIDâ#x80;#x99;s Psalmen; 3: Romantic Religion and Counter-Enlightenment Cosmopolitanism: Feridun Zaimogluâ#x80;#x99;s Liebesbrand; 4: Between Pleasure and Terror: The Divine in Navid Kermaniâ#x80;#x99;s Fiction; Conclusion: Intellectual, Spiritual, and Cultural Renewal; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Highlights the spirituality and cosmopolitanism of four contemporary German Muslim writers, showing that they undermine the ""clash-of-civilizations"" narrative and open up space for new ways of coexisting
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject German literature -- History and criticism -- 21st century
Authors, German -- 21st century
Authors, Arab -- 21st century
Islam in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
Authors, Arab
Authors, German
German literature
Islam in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787441699
1787441695