Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Translations and Transliterations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Preface: The Ethics of Reading xv
6. Introduction. The Quʾran as (Inter)text: Embodiment, Praxis, Critique 1
7. Part I. Poetics of Piety
8. 1. Existential Poiesis in Maḥmūd al-Masʿadī’s Mawlid al-nisyān 37
9. 2. Carnivals of Heterodoxy in Abdelwahab Meddeb’s Talismano 58
10. Part II. Ethics of Embodiment
11. 3. Apocalyptic Aftershocks in al-Ṭāhir Waṭṭār’s Al-zilzāl 83
12. 4. The Polyphonic Hermeneutics of Assia Djebar’s L’amour, la fantasia 100
13. Part III. Genealogies of Transmission
14. 5. Tense Eruptions in Driss Chraïbi’s Le passé simple 119
15. 6. Threads of Transmission in Muḥammad Barrāda’s Luʿbat al-nisyān 141
16. Epilogue: Poetics, Politics, Piety 159
17. Glossary 167
18. Notes 171
19. Bibliography 213
20. Index 231
21. About the Author 236