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Religion in the Egyptian novel : themes and approaches
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- Summary
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This is an in-depth, original survey of religion in the modern Arabic novel. Tracing the relationship from the genesis of the form in the early twentieth century to present, Phillips provides a the...
This is an in-depth, original survey of religion in the modern Arabic novel. Tracing the relationship from the genesis of the form in the early twentieth century to present, Phillips provides a thematic exploration of the push and pull between religion and secularism as it played out on the pages of the Egyptian novel.
Details
- Creator
- Christina Phillips
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 284 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781474476737, 1474476732, 9781474417075, 1474417078, 147441706X
- OCLC
- on1312726386
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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