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 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    208 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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.

    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