Space in modern Egyptian fiction / Yasmine Ramadan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramadan, Yasmine, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic fiction--Egypt--History and criticism.

Arabic fiction.

Space in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

In 1960s Egypt a group of writers exploded onto the literary scene, transforming the aesthetic landscape. This text explores how this literary generation presents a marked shift in the representation of rural, urban and exilic space, reflecting a disappointment with the project of the postcolonial nation-state in Egypt.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword

Note on Transliteration

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Space and the Sixties

1. Cairo: Urban Space, Surveillance and the State

2. Of Other Cities

3. Re-imagining the Rural: The Mystical and the Mythical

4. The Politics and Economics of Exile

5. Beyond the Sixties

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7677-5

1-4744-2766-9

OCLC:

1312726678