Religion in the Egyptian Novel / / Christina Phillips.

Charts the struggle between religious and secular discourse in the Egyptian novelAnalyses religious themes in 18 Egyptian novels, drawing on a range of critical theoriesFirst close study of the Coptic theme in the Arabic novelIncludes close readings of key works such as the Mahfouz’s trilogy, as wel...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2019
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature : ESMAL
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editor’s Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part 1
  • 1 Introduction: Religion and the Novel
  • 2 The Religious Other
  • 3 The Secular Scripture
  • Part 2
  • 4 Introduction: Religion, the Egyptian Novel and the New Literary Sensibility
  • 5 Intertextual Dialogues
  • 6 The Coptic Theme
  • 7 Mystical Dimensions
  • 8 Feminist Perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index