1st Edition

Religion, My Own Literary Works of Najib Mahfuz

By Mattityahu Peled Copyright 1983
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

The Egyptian writer Najib Mahfuz has been acclaimed by many Arab critics as the greatest living Arabic literary writer and one of the pioneers of social criticism in literature in Egypt. This work, the only major book-length study of Mahfuz's work, traces his literary development as a writer and analyzes the thematic aspect of his work: the relationship between individual and society. Mahfuz's... Read more
1: The Arcadian; 1: Invoking the Spirit; 2: Snares and Nets; 3: The View from Nebo; Epilogue to Part One; 2: God's World; 4: The Neighborhood; 5: The Unholy Valley; 6: The Old City; Epilogue to Part Two; 3: Whisper of Madness; 7: The Rebel; 8: On the Waterfront

Biography

Mattityahu Peled