Robert Irwin ( born Robert Graham Irwin , born in 1946 in the UK ) is a British medievalist, writer, arabist , specialist in Middle Ages history of the Arab and Middle East.
| Robert Graham Irwin | |
|---|---|
| Robert Graham Irwin | |
| Date of Birth | 1946 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
| Occupation | writer, historian arabist |
| Language of Works | |
| Debut | Arabian Nightmare (1983) |
| Awards | [d] |
| Works on the site Lib.ru | |
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Biography
Robert Irwin was born in 1946 . He graduated from Oxford University , wrote a graduate work at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London . Since 1972 he taught the history of the Middle Ages at the University of St. Andrews .
Writing Activities
Since 1977, Robert Irwin stopped teaching and turned to writing. Fame to him as a writer brought the novel "The Arabian Nightmare", which was released in 1983 . The novel has glorified the author all over the world - the Arabian Nightmare has been translated into all European languages. His reissued version in 2002 caused laudable responses in the Washington Post , Sunday Times and Guardian newspapers . [2] In 1997, Robert Irwin released his new novel, The Flesh of Prayer Cushions, in which the writer again turns to the magical charm of the East. Currently, Irvine is a research fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and also works as an editor in the literary magazine supplement to The Times (The Times Literary Supplement).
Creativity
- " Arabic nightmare " Eng. The Arabian Nightmare (1983, novel)
- English Mamluk Sultanate 1250-1382 (1984)
- " The Limits of Visible " Eng. The Limits of Vision (1986, novel)
- " Algerian secrets " Eng. The Mysteries of Algiers (1988, novel)
- English The Arabian Nights: A Companion (1994)
- " Refined Dead " English. Exquisite Corpse (1995, novel)
- "The flesh of prayer bags " English. Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh (1997, novel)
- " Islamic art " Eng. Islamic Art (1997)
- " The Lodge of Warlock " Eng. Satan Wants Me (1999, novel)
- English Night and Horses: The Penguin Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature (1999)
- English The Alhambra (2005)
- English For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and their Enemies (2006)
- "Dangerous knowledge: Orientalism and dissatisfied" English. Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents (2006)
“Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and the Discontented”
In 2006, Robert Irwin's book Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Discontented was published, in which he sarcasticly criticized Said 's book Orientalism . He says bluntly that the book and, in general, the way of thinking and the arguments of Said are “this is a cheap fake, unreliable and insidious” [3] . Irwin writes that Said focused on the description and criticism of English and French orientalists, leaving Germany and Russia without attention [4] [5] .
Notes
- B BNF ID : Open Data Platform - 2011.
- See "Irwin, Robert", in St. James guide to Fantasy Writers , ed. David Pringle ., - St. James Press, 1996.
- ↑ Oriental myth and the myth of "Orientalism" : Lecture by Evgeny Steiner.
- ↑ Cyril Kobrin . Thirty years later
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/books/01grim.html?ex=1163394000&en=b2e925d36504c43c&ei=5070 William Grimes, New York Times, November 1, 2006
Links
- Writer's page on the website of the publisher Dedalus Books
- Robert Irwin. Crusades: Old and Newest Stereotypes
- Robert Irwin. Albert Hourani and Modern Oriental Studies
- Brief biography and list of works
- Before and After Said , Maya Jasanoff, London Review of Books , Vol. 28 No. 11 dated June 8, 2006
- Orientalism Revisited, Edward Said's unfinished critique Lawrence Rosen, Boston Review , Jan / Feb 2007
- Orientalism and enemies , Dr Jack Ross, review , July 2009
- ARAB'S NIGHTMARE BY ROBERT IRVIN. Interview with the writer
- Robert Irwin. Fall of orientalism