| Arab Culture and the Novel: Genre, Identity and Agency in Egyptian Fiction Contributor(s): Siddiq, Muhammad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415772605 ISBN-13: 9780415772600 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: This book explores the complex relationship between the novel and identity in modern Arab culture against a backdrop of contemporary Egypt. It uses the example of the Egyptian novel to interrogate the root causes - religious, social, political, and psychological - of the lingering identity crisis that has afflicted Arab culture for at least two centuries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African |
| Dewey: 892.730 |
| LCCN: 2006038502 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.44" W x 9.24" (1.14 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the complex relationship between the novel and identity in modern Arab culture against a backdrop of contemporary Egypt. It uses the example of the Egyptian novel to interrogate the root causes - religious, social, political, and psychological - of the lingering identity crisis that has afflicted Arab culture for at least two centuries. |