Nationalism, Islam and World Literature - Sites of Confluence in the Writings of Mahmud Al-Masadi

Informationen zum Autor Mohamed-Salah Omri Klappentext The writer and politician Mahmud al-Mis'adi is a figure of prime importance in the development of North African literature and cultural politics since the last war. This fascinating book covers both his essays and fiction, written between the 1930s and 1990s, which challenge the boundaries between the sacred and irreligious in the Islamic world. In addition, it also examines Arabic literature and its relationship to the West. Zusammenfassung The writer and politician Mahmud al-Mis'adi is a figure of prime importance in the development of North African literature and cultural politics since the last war. This fascinating book covers both his essays and fiction written between the 1930s and 1990s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Colonial Predicament and the Burden of Representation 2. The Allure of Tur’th 3. The Appeal of the Sublime: Tragedy and the Qur’an 4. The Call of the Beyond: Sufism as Poetics and Worldview. Conclusion

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• Authors: Mohamed-Salah Omri, Mohamed-Salah (University of Exeter Omri, Mohamed-Salah (Washington University Omri, OMRI MOHAMED SALAH, Omri Mohamed-Salah
• Assisted by: Tayeb Salih (Foreword)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2006
• EAN: 9780415396448
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39644-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Ea; Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures; Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general