Crosshatching in global culture : a dictionary of modern Arab writers : an updated English version of R.B. Campbell's "Contemporary Arab Writers"

Crosshatching in global culture : a dictionary of modern Arab writers : an updated English version of R.B. Campbell's "Contemporary Arab Writers" / edited by John J. Donohue and Leslie Tramontini.

"The project begun in 1981 by Robert Campbell and the group at CEMAM [Center for the Study of the Modern Arab World at Saint Joseph University, Beirut] was substantially aided by Stefan Guth at the Orient Institut. The original project was for an English translation alongside the Arab edition....

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Other Authors: Donohue, John J., Tramontini, Leslie, Campbell, Robert B., 1926-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Beirut : Würzburg : Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft ; Ergon in Kommission, 2004.
Series:Beiruter Texte und Studien ; Bd. 101a-Bd. 101b.
Subjects:
Authors, Arab > 20th century > Dictionaries.
Authors, Arab > 20th century > Biography.
Arabic literature > 20th century > Bio-bibliography.
Arab countries > Bio-bibliography.
Holy Cross Note:Jesuit author.
New England Jesuit Province author.
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Summary:"The project begun in 1981 by Robert Campbell and the group at CEMAM [Center for the Study of the Modern Arab World at Saint Joseph University, Beirut] was substantially aided by Stefan Guth at the Orient Institut. The original project was for an English translation alongside the Arab edition. For various reasons the English remained unpublished. ... we ... decided to publish the English version with an updated bibliography for most of the authors of the first edition along with the addition of a few new names which are current"-v. 1, p. [xvii].
Physical Description:2 volumes (xxiii, 1215 pages) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:3899134079 (set)
ISSN:0067-4931 ;

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