Nationalism, Islam and World Literature: Sites of Confluence in the Writings of Mahmud Al-Mas'adi

by Mohamed-Salah Omri

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415597067
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/18/2010
Series:	Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mohamed-Salah Omri

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Colonial Predicament and the Burden of Representation 2. The Allure of Tur’th 3. The Appeal of the Sublime: Tragedy and the Qur’an 4. The Call of the Beyond: Sufism as Poetics and Worldview. Conclusion