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Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2012

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Sufi characters – saints, dervishes, wanderers – occur regularly in modern Arabic literature. A select group of novelists to interrogate 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 becomes a means of interrogating the limits of the creative self, individuality, rationality and the manifold possibilities offered by literature, seeking in a dialogue with the mystical heritage a way of preserving a self under siege from the overwhelming forces of oppression and reaction that have characterised the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Series Editor’s Foreword

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    Abbreviations

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    Acknowledgements

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    Introduction: Ouverture

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    1 Naguib Mahfouz: (En)chanting Justice

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    2 Tayeb Salih: The Returns of the Saint

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    3 Maḥmūd Al-Masʿadī: Witnessing Immortality

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    4 The Survival of Gamal Al-Ghitany

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    5 Ibrahim Al-Koni: Writing and Sacrifice

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    6 Tahar Ouettar: The Saint and the Nightmare of History

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    Epilogue: Bahaa Taher, Solidarity and Idealism

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    Notes

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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March 2, 2022
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9780748655649
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256
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748655649
eBook ISBN: 9780748655649
Keywords for this book
Islamic Studies
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
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