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Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Ziad Elmarsafy
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Description for Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Hardback. Arabic novelists are increasingly finding a source of literary innovation and political transgression in the language and ideas of mediaeval Sufi thinkers and writers. This book presents close readings of the work of the Egyptian Gamal Al-Ghitany, the Algerian Taher Ouettar and the Touareg Libyan Ibrahim Al-Koni, all of whom have turned to Sufism. Series Editor(s): El-Enany, Rasheed. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 636.
This series, dedicated to the study of modern Arabic literature, is unique and unprecedented. it publishes contemporary, scholarly accounts of developments in the field in the past few decades, and will include modern genre studies; titles devoted to the works of both established and new and emerging writers, and to specific contemporary movements, trends, groupings, themes and periods in modern Arabic literature; and studies arranged by geographical regions. Books in the series are written by specialists for those who knovv little or nothing about the subject.
This series, dedicated to the study of modern Arabic literature, is unique and unprecedented. it publishes contemporary, scholarly accounts of developments in the field in the past few decades, and will include modern genre studies; titles devoted to the works of both established and new and emerging writers, and to specific contemporary movements, trends, groupings, themes and periods in modern Arabic literature; and studies arranged by geographical regions. Books in the series are written by specialists for those who knovv little or nothing about the subject.
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748641406
SKU
V9780748641406
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About Ziad Elmarsafy
Ziad Elmarsafy is Reader in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York.
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