The novel and the rural imaginary in Egypt, 1880-1985 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Selim, Samah
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Series:	RoutledgeCurzon studies in Arabic and Middle-Eastern literatures.
Subjects:	Arabic fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Arabic fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Country life in literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. The garrulous peasant : Yaʻqub Sannuʻ, ʻAbdallah al-Nadim and the construction of the fallah in early drama and dialogue
2. Novels and nations
3. Foundations : pastoral and anti-pastoral
4. The politics of reality : realism, neo-realism and the village novel
5. The land
6. The exiled son
7. The storyteller.