Death in Babylon
Subtitle: Alexander the Great & Iberian empire in the muslim orient
By: Vincent Barletta.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780226037363
Subjects: Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356-323 B.C. -- In literature; Spanish literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; Portuguese literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; Spain -- History -- 711-1516
Description: Examining literary and historical works in Aljamiado, Castilian Catalan, Greek, Latin, and Portuguese, this book develops a view of empire and modernity informed by the ethical metaphysics of French phenomenologist Emmanuel Levinas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Death and the other: an introduction; title: The stinking corpse: Alexander, the Greeks, and the Romans; title: Oblivion: Iberian empire in the Maghreb; title: Immortality: the promise of Asia; title: Judgment: the Aljamiado Alexander.