Nationalism, Islam and world literature
Subtitle: sites of confluence in the writings of Maḥmūd al-Masʻadī
By: Mohamed-Salah Omri.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Masʻadī, Maḥmūd -- Criticism and interpretation; Islam in literature; Nationalism in literature; Sufism in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The colonial predicament and the burden of representation; title: The allure of truth; title: The appeal of the sublime : tragedy and the Qurʼan; title: The call of the beyond : Sufism as poetics and worldview; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1: The building is cracking? (1951); title: Appendix 2: al-Sudd (The dam), scene four; title: Appendix 3: (The clay).