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BL
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1090856
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bc1010463
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English
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| Main Entry
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Elmarsafy, Ziad.
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| Title & Author
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Sufism in the contemporary arabic novel /\ Ziad Elmarsafy.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Edinburgh Univ Press,, 2012.
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| Series Statement
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Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 260 pages)
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| ISBN
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9780748655649
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: 0748655646
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: 1299105726
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: 9781299105720
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0748641408
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9780748641406
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0748695850
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9780748695850
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index.
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| Contents
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Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Ouverture; 1. Naguib Mahfouz: (En)chanting Justice; 2. Tayeb Salih: The Returns of the Saint; 3. Mahmud Al-Maʻadı: Witnessing Immortality; 4. The Survival of Gamal Al-Ghitany; 5. Ibrahim Al-Koni: Writing and Sacrifice; 6. Tahar Ouettar: The Saint and the Nightmare of History; Epilogue: Bahaa Taher, Solidarity and Idealism; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Close readings of 9 contemporary Arab novelists who use Sufism as a literary strategy Sufi characters - saints, dervishes, wanderers - occur regularly in modern Arabic literature. A select group of novelists interrogates Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Al-Ghitany, Taher Ouettar, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Mahmud Al-Mas'adi and Tayeb Salih we see a strong intertextual relationship with the Sufi masters of the past, including Al-Hallaj, Ibn Arabi, Al-Niffari and Al-Suhrawardi. This relationship interrogates the limits of the creative self, individuality, rationality and all the possibilities offered by literature. In this dialogue with the mystical heritage, these novelists seek a way of preserving a self under siege from the overwhelming forces of oppression and reaction that characterised the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Sufism in literature.
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Arabic prose literature.
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Soufisme dans la littérature.
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Prose arabe.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- African.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Middle Eastern.
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Arabic prose literature.
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Sufism in literature.
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Soufisme-- Dans la littérature.
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Roman arabe-- 1945- ...
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| Dewey Classification
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892.7/3709382974
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| LC Classification
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PJ7572.S87E55 2012eb
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