1st Edition
Nationalism, Islam and World Literature Sites of Confluence in the Writings of Mahmud Al-Mas’adi
By Mohamed-Salah Omri
Copyright 2006
206 Pages
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Routledge
208 Pages
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by
Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1 – The colonial predicament and the burden of representation
Chapter 2 – The allure of Tur’th
Chapter 3 – The appeal of the sublime: tragedy and the Qur’an
Chapter 4 – The call of the beyond: Sufism as poetics and worldview
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Biography
Mohamed-Salah Omri
