| A Beirut Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries Contributor(s): Gorton, T. J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9774166981 ISBN-13: 9789774166983 Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: August 2015 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Middle East - General - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) - Literary Collections | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 915 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 4.9" W x 6.5" L (0.60 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Features: Bibliography |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beirut has seen many armies and empires come and go, but the legacy of this long history is not so much in surviving monuments as in the quintessential Levantine spirit of the people. A commercial hub since the days of the Phoenicians, it was a center of learning under the Romans, its law school pre-eminent in the Empire. Both currents are discernible today, with vibrant Arab, French, and American universities and more publishing houses than the rest of the Arab world coexisting with the most dynamic financial center in the Middle East. Beirut was the point of entry to the Levant for many Europeans and Americans undertaking a Grand Tour or a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and visitors (whether their focus was piously Biblical or more prosaic) recorded their impressions of this effervescent port city where East rubs against West. A Beirut Anthology gathers the choicest of these, from writers as diverse as Alphonse de Lamartine and Mark Twain, providing a surprising and vivid glimpse behind the veil of this elusive and alluring city. About the series: The elegant, pocket-sized volumes in the AUC Press Anthology series feature the writings and observations of travel writers and diarists through the centuries. Vivid and evocative travelers' accounts of some of the world's great cities and regions are enhanced by the exquisite vintage design in small hardback format that make the books ideal gift books as well as perfect travel companions. Designed on cream paper stock and beautifully illustrated with line drawings and archival photographs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gorton, T. J.: - T.J. Gorton has published two books of Arabic poetry in translation and co-edited Lebanon: Through Writers' Eyes. His most recent book is Renaissance Emir: A Druze Warlord at the Court of the Medici, a biography of seventeenth-century Lebanese prince Fakhr al-Din Ma'n. |
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