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Sufism in the contemporary arabic novel /
Close readings of 9 contemporary Arab novelists who use Sufism as a literary strategy Sufi characters - saints, dervishes, wanderers - occur regularly in modern Arabic literature. A select group of novelists interrogates Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh Univ Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Ouverture; 1. Naguib Mahfouz: (En)chanting Justice; 2. Tayeb Salih: The Returns of the Saint; 3. Mahmud Al-Maʻadı: Witnessing Immortality; 4. The Survival of Gamal Al-Ghitany; 5. Ibrahim Al-Koni: Writing and Sacrifice; 6. Tahar Ouettar: The Saint and the Nightmare of History; Epilogue: Bahaa Taher, Solidarity and Idealism; Notes; Bibliography; Index.