Background
Cachia, Pierre Jacques was born on April 30, 1921 in Fayoum, Egypt. Son of François and Anna Rachel (Axler) Cachia. came to the United States, 1975.
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Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, Arabic Literature - An Overview gives a rounded and balanced view of Arab literary creativity. 'High' literature is examined alongside popular folk literature, and the classical and modern periods, usually treated separately, are presented together. Cachia's observations are not subordinated to any pre-formed literary theory, but describe and illustrate the directions taken, in order to present an overall picture of the field of relevance to the student of literature as well as to Arabists working in related fields.
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This book was by far the earliest book-length study of any aspect of modern Arabic literature to be published outside the Arab world.
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This survey of Arab literary activity in the 19th and 20th centuries examines the main trends associated with Arab literature and relates the writings to social conditions and political events of the period.
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This is a highly unusual and beautifully written book. It is the double memoir of a mother and son, Anna and Pierre, and the story takes us from Anna's childhood in Russia and subsequent arrival in Egypt in 1901 to Pierre's enrollment at the American University in Cairo in the late 1930s. It is fascinating, therefore, not only as a personal account of an interesting group of people but also as a social document that portrays a segment of Egypt's society in the first forty years of the twentieth century. As a personal story, it is a rewarding insight into the early formation of a leading, well-known, and respected Arabist. His mother's account of her own early life and tragedies reveals a remarkable woman we would wish to have known. As a social document, it gives us a rare perhaps unique picture of the life of foreigners in Egypt who were not part of the elite, privileged, ruling class, revealing much about the choices that were available to them in education, career, marriage, and social mixing. Landlocked Islands thus offers the social historian a study of some minorities in Egypt during the first half of the twentieth century; it also opens up the whole question of expatriate life in Egypt. But, above all, it is an entertaining and intriguing tale, a book that one constantly finds oneself eager to pick up and read.
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The period of Muslim occupation in Spain represents the only significant contact Islam and Europe was ever to have on European soil. In this important as well as fascinating study, Watt traces Islam's influence upon Spain and European civilization--from the collapse of the Visigoths in the eighth century to the fall of Granada in the fifteenth, and considers Spain's importance as a part of the Islamic empire. Particular attention is given to the golden period of economic and political stability achieved under the Umayyads. Without losing themselves in detail and without sacrificing complexity, the authors discuss the political, social, and economic continuity in Islamic Spain, or al-Andalus, in light of its cultural and intellectual effects upon the rest of Europe. Medieval Christianity, Watt points out, found models of scholarship in the Islamic philosophers and adapted the idea of holy war to its own purposes while the final reunification of Spain under the aegis of the Reconquista played a significant role in bringing Europe out of the Middle Ages. A survey essential to anyone seeking a more complete knowledge of European or Islamic history, the volume also includes sections on literature and philology by Pierre Cachia. This series of "Islamic surveys" is designed to give the educated reader something more than can be found in the usual popular books. Each work undertakes to survey a special part of the field, and to show the present stage of scholarship here. Where there is a clear picture this will be given; but where there are gaps, obscurities and differences of opinion, these will also be indicated. Full and annotated bibliographies will afford guidance to those who want to pursue their studies further. There will also be some account of the nature and extent of the source material. The series is addressed in the first place to the educated reader, with little or no previous knowledge of the subject; its character is such that it should be of value also to university students and others whose interest is of a more professional kind.
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Cachia, Pierre Jacques was born on April 30, 1921 in Fayoum, Egypt. Son of François and Anna Rachel (Axler) Cachia. came to the United States, 1975.
Bachelor of Arts, American U., Cairo, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, 1951.
Member of faculty, American U., Cairo, 1946-1948; member of faculty, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1949-1975; professor Middle East languages and cultures, Columbia University, New York City, 1975-1991; department chairman Middle East languages and cultures, Columbia University, New York City, 1980-1983; professor emeritus, Columbia University, New York City, since 1991.
(This survey of Arab literary activity in the 19th and 20t...)
(Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, Arabic Lit...)
(This book was by far the earliest book-length study of an...)
( The period of Muslim occupation in Spain represents the...)
(This is a highly unusual and beautifully written book. It...)
(Hardcover, no jacket. RE-BOUND ex-lib, usual marks & remo...)
Member of Union Européenne d'Arabisants et d'Islamisants, British Society Middle Eastern Studies, American Association Teachers Arabic, Middle East Studies Association, American Oriental Society.
Married Phyllis Barbara Oyston, March 20, 1953. Children: Susan Margaret, Philip Greville, Helen Frances. Married Merle McNeill Dalziel, September 26, 1992.