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. 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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• Autori: Mohamed-Salah Omri, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Mohamed-Salah (University of Exeter Omri, Mohamed-Salah (Washington University Omri, OMRI MOHAMED SALAH, Omri Mohamed-Salah
• Con la collaborazione di: Tayeb Salih (Prefazione)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.08.2010
• EAN: 9780415597067
• ISBN: 978-0-415-59706-7
• Pagine: 206
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures; Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Middle East, Religion & beliefs, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, Religion and beliefs, Society and culture: general, Literature: history and criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General