Christina Phillips

Religion in the Egyptian Novel

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 232mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781474483889
• ISBN-10: 1474483887
• Artikelnr.: 61439302

Autorenporträt

Christina Phillips is Senior Lecturer of Arabic Literature and Media at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One 1. Introduction: Religion and the Novel 2. The Religious Other 3.
The Secular Scripture
Part Two 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 Bibliography