“There Are no Camels in the Koran”
What Is Modern about Modern Chinese Poetry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20073324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle Yeh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 9-26 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | New Perspectives on Contemporary Chinese Poetry (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230610149_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2486694280 |
| ISBN | 9780230610149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In 1951, in response to the criticism from fellow Argentines that his work lacked local color, Jorge Luis Borges wrote an essay titled "The Argentine Writer and Tradition." Referring to the Islamic prophet Mohammed, the writer observed that "in the Arab book par excellence, the Koran, there are no camels," for "[Mohammed] knew he could be an Arab without camels." "What is truly native can and often does dispense with local color" (1999: 423)
Art · Criticism · Excellence · Islam · Literature · Poetry · Political science · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · Classics · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2016 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |