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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
