Arab Culture and the Novel: Genre, Identity and Agency in Egyptian Fiction

By Muhammad Siddiq

This book explores the complex relationship between the novel and identity in modern Arab culture against a backdrop of contemporary Egypt. It uses the example of the Egyptian novel to interrogate the root causes - religious, social, political, and psychological - of the lingering identity crisis that has afflicted Arab culture for at least two centuries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415597439
• ISBN13: 9780415597432
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"