Literary Autobiography and Arab National Struggles

by Tahia Abdel Nasser

Book Overview

In memoirs, Arab writers have invoked solitude in moments of deep public involvement. Focusing on Taha Hussein, Sonallah Ibrahim, Assia Djebar, Latifa al-Zayyat, Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Edward Said, Haifa Zangana, and Radwa Ashour, this book reads a range of autobiographical forms, sources, and affinities with other literatures.
Taking a comparative approach, Nasser shows the local sources of contemporary Arab autobiography, adaptations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474444091
• ISBN13: 9781474444095
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"