Naguib Mahfouz: The Pursuit of Meaning / Edition 1

by Rasheed El-Enany

Overview

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415073950
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/03/1993
Series:	Arabic Thought and Culture
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rasheed El-Enany is Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements 1 THE WRITER AND HIS WORLD 2 LOOKING BACKWARD TO THE PRESENT: THE HISTORICAL NOVELS 3 PAINS OF REBIRTH: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT 4 TIME AND THE MAN: FOUR EGYPTIAN SAGAS 5 THE ABORTED DREAM: ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN 6 FRAGMENTS OF TIME: THE EPISODIC NOVELS 7 MATTERS OF FORM: A CASE STUDY OFRESPECTED SIR 8 IMAGES OF GOD, DEATH AND SOCIETY: THE SHORT STORIES AND THE PLAYS

Editorial Reviews

‘This is a well researched, well-written book which ... will serve as a good introduction to the work of Naguib Mahfouz.' - M.M. Badawi, Middle Eastern Studies

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