TY - BOOK ID - 124288523 TI - Stranger fictions : a history of the novel in Arabic translation PY - 2021 SN - 150175307X 1501753061 1501753304 PB - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, DB - UniCat KW - English fiction KW - French fiction KW - Arabic fiction KW - Translating and interpreting. KW - Translations into Arabic KW - History and criticism. KW - European influences. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:124288523 AB - 'Zaynab', first published in 1913, is widely cited as the first Arabic novel, yet the previous eight decades saw hundreds of novels translated into Arabic from English and French. This vast literary corpus influenced generations of Arab writers but has, until now, been considered a curious footnote in the genre's history. Incorporating these works into the history of the Arabic novel, this book offers a transformative new account of modern Arabic literature, world literature, and the novel. This book rewrites the history of the global circulation of the novel by moving Arabic literature from the margins of comparative literature to its center. ER -