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Standing by the Ruins [35.172.121.218] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 08:20 GMT) Standing by the Ruins el egi ac h u m a n ism i n wa rt i m e a n d post wa r l eba non Ken Seigneurie for dh a m u n i v e r si t y pr e s s New York 2 011 Copyright © 2011 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other— except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or thirdparty Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Seigneurie, Ken. Standing by the ruins : elegiac humanism in wartime and postwar Lebanon / Ken Seigneurie.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-3482-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8232-3483-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Arabic literature—Lebanon—History and criticism. 2. Literature and society—Lebanon. 3. Popular culture—Lebanon. 4. Lebanon— Intellectual life—20th century. I. Title. PJ8078.S45 2011 892.7'0995692—dc22 2011016161 Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 First edition this book is made possible by a collaborative grant from the andrew w. mellon foundation. [35.172.121.218] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 08:20 GMT) In memory of George Robert Seigneurie (1988–2010) ...