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Between Quran and Kafka

- West-Eastern Affinities
Af: Navid Kermani Engelsk Hardback

Between Quran and Kafka

- West-Eastern Affinities
Af: Navid Kermani Engelsk Hardback
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What connects Shiite passion plays with Brecht?s drama? Which of Goethe?s poems were inspired by the Quran? How can Ibn Arabi?s theology of sighs explain the plays of Heinrich von Kleist? And why did the Persian author Sadeq Hedayat identify with the Prague Jew Franz Kafka? ?One who knows himself and others will here too understand: Orient and Occident are no longer separable?: in this new book, the critically acclaimed author and scholar Navid Kermani takes Goethe at his word. He reads the Quran as a poetic text, opens Eastern literature to Western readers, unveils the mystical dimension in the works of Goethe and Kleist, and deciphers the political implications of theatre, from Shakespeare to Lessing to Brecht. Drawing striking comparisons between diverse literary traditions and cultures, Kermani argues for a literary cosmopolitanism that is opposed to all those who would play religions and cultures against one another, isolating them from one another by force. Between Quran and Kafka concludes with Kermani?s speech on receiving Germany?s highest literary prize, an impassioned plea for greater fraternity in the face of the tyranny and terrorism of Islamic State. Kermani?s personal assimilation of the classics gives his work that topical urgency that distinguishes universal literature when it speaks to our most intimate feelings. For, of course, love too lies ?between Quran and Kafka?.
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What connects Shiite passion plays with Brecht?s drama? Which of Goethe?s poems were inspired by the Quran? How can Ibn Arabi?s theology of sighs explain the plays of Heinrich von Kleist? And why did the Persian author Sadeq Hedayat identify with the Prague Jew Franz Kafka? ?One who knows himself and others will here too understand: Orient and Occident are no longer separable?: in this new book, the critically acclaimed author and scholar Navid Kermani takes Goethe at his word. He reads the Quran as a poetic text, opens Eastern literature to Western readers, unveils the mystical dimension in the works of Goethe and Kleist, and deciphers the political implications of theatre, from Shakespeare to Lessing to Brecht. Drawing striking comparisons between diverse literary traditions and cultures, Kermani argues for a literary cosmopolitanism that is opposed to all those who would play religions and cultures against one another, isolating them from one another by force. Between Quran and Kafka concludes with Kermani?s speech on receiving Germany?s highest literary prize, an impassioned plea for greater fraternity in the face of the tyranny and terrorism of Islamic State. Kermani?s personal assimilation of the classics gives his work that topical urgency that distinguishes universal literature when it speaks to our most intimate feelings. For, of course, love too lies ?between Quran and Kafka?.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 300
ISBN-13: 9781509500338
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1509500332
Udg. Dato: 2 sep 2016
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 237mm
Højde: 163mm
Forlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Oplagsdato: 2 sep 2016
Forfatter(e): Navid Kermani
Forfatter(e) Navid Kermani


Kategori Samfundsvidenskabelig idéhistorie


ISBN-13 9781509500338


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 300


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 237mm


Højde 163mm


Udg. Dato 2 sep 2016


Oplagsdato 2 sep 2016


Forlag John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Kategori sammenhænge