Etel Adnan: Critical Essays on the Arab-American Writer and Artist

by Lisa Suhair Majaj (Editor), Amal Amireh (Editor)

Overview

This collection of essays concentrates on Arab-American writer and artist Etel Adnan. Up until now, there has been no single volume dedicated to her work despite Adnan's increasing recognition and acclaim across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.

The essays fall into two sections. In the first, the essays respond to the range of vision and experience in Adnan's writing and art through analysis and appreciation. The second section focuses on responses to and interpretations of Sitt Marie Rose, Adnan's well known novel about the Lebanese war.

As a whole, the writings in this work seek to provide a comprehensive look at Adnan's literary and artistic accomplishments through analysis and close readings that place her texts within wider literary contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786410729
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	09/09/2002
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.45(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lisa Suhair Majaj has written articles on Arab and Arab-American literature that have appeared in a number of collections and journals. She lives in Nicosia, Cyprus. Amal Amireh is currently an assistant professor of English and World Literature at George Mason University.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments    
Preface: Situating Etel Adnan in a Literary Context    
Introduction: Biographical and Career Highlights    

BEYOND BORDERS: ETEL ADNAN’S WRITING AND
1 Etel Adnan: A Cosmic Poet    
2 The Arab Apocalypse as a Critique of Colonialism and Imperialism    
3 Irremediable Ecstasy: Modes of the Lyric    
4 From Beirut to Beirut: Exile, Wandering and Homecoming    
5 On Perception: Etel Adnan’s Visual Art    
6 Variations on an Andalusian Theme: Undated Letters to Etel    

READING SITT MARIE ROSE
7 Mary Rose    
8 The International Reception    
9 Transgressive Subjects: Gender, War, and Colonialism    
10 Ever Since Gilgamesh: Etel Adnan’s Discourse of National Unity    
11 Among Good Christian Peoples: Teaching Sitt Marie Rose    
12 Voice, Narrative, and Political Critique    

About the Contributors    
Index    

Editorial Reviews

Majaj and Amireh (English and world literature, George Mason U.) provide a biography and introduction to this volume of essays on Adnan. The essays are grouped in two parts, the first on Adnan's poetry, prose, and art; the second on her well-known novel . Several of the contributors teach English, French, and comparative literature at American and Lebanese universities; the remainder are writers, scholars, and poets. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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