Nationalism, Islam and World Literature

The writer and politician Mahmud al-Mis'adi is a figure of prime importance in the development of North African literature and cultural politics since the last war. This fascinating book covers both his essays and fiction written between the 1930s and 1990s.

Mohamed-Salah Omri

Introduction 1. The Colonial Predicament and the Burden of Representation 2. The Allure of Tur'th 3. The Appeal of the Sublime: Tragedy and the Qur'an 4. The Call of the Beyond: Sufism as Poetics and Worldview. Conclusion