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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David DiMeoPublisher: The American University in Cairo Press Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.487kg ISBN: 9789774167614ISBN 10: 9774167619 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 08 September 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsDiMeo not only delivers useful stand-alone analyses of both major and less-studied works by Mahfouz, Idris, and Ibrahim, but also offers a persuasive framework for the history of committed literature in Egypt, exploring how artists have grappled with the realization that political art is often powerless to bring about political change. As this book's heartbreaking conclusion points out, the same question has reverberated through the literature produced amid the Arab Uprisings and the waves of euphoria and disillusion that have followed. --Margaret Litvin, author of Hamlet's Arab Journey: Shakespeare's Prince and Nasser's Ghost DiMeo not only delivers useful stand-alone analyses of both major and less-studied works by Mahfouz, Idris, and Ibrahim, but also offers a persuasive framework for the history of committed literature in Egypt, exploring how artists have grappled with the realization that political art is often powerless to bring about political change. As this book's heartbreaking conclusion points out, the same question has reverberated through the literature produced amid the Arab Uprisings and the waves of euphoria and disillusion that have followed. --<strong>Margaret Litvin, author of </strong> <strong><em>Hamlet's Arab Journey: </em> </strong> <strong><em>Shakespeare's Prince and Nasser's Ghost</em> </strong><strong> </strong> Dimeo is a masterful literary critic --<strong><em>The Jordan Times</em> </strong><em></em> Author InformationDavid DiMeo is an assistant professor and coordinator of the Arabic program at Western Kentucky University. He is the author, with Inas Hassan, of The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Guided Reader (AUC Press, 2016). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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