The Iraqi Novel: Key Writers, Key Texts - Couverture souple

Caiani, Fabio; Cobham, Catherine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1399565524 ISBN 13 : 9781399565523

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Studies a neglected area of postcolonial fiction, fostering a better understanding of Iraqi culture and society

• Includes an original study of works by Abd al-Malik Nuri and of the Baghdad cultural scene in the 1940s and 50s
• Pays particular attention to detailed textual analysis and the evaluation and comparison of the aesthetic and poetic qualities of the works considered
• Analyses Iraqi writings from a postcolonial and comparative perspective
• Studies the early pioneering works of Iraqi fiction

This exploration of the work of Iraqi novelists begins with the early pioneering works and then moves towards an outline of the vibrant Baghdad cultural scene during the 1940s and 1950s. It pays articular attention to detailed textual analysis and the evaluation and comparison of the aesthetic and poetic qualities of the key works of the four writers who form the central subject of the book: Abd al-Malik Nuri (1921–98), Gha’ib Tu‘ma Farman (1927–90), Mahdi Isa al-Saqr (1927–2006) and Fu’ad al-Takarli (1927–2008) – all of whom began to write in or around the pivotal decade of the 1950s. It is in these writers’ works that Iraqi fiction came of age and reached artistic maturity. The best of them are among the most complex portrayals of the particularities of life in Iraq and the human condition in general to come out of the Arab world.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Fabio Caiani teaches Arabic in the Department of Arabic of the University of St Andrews. His research focuses on modern Arabic fiction. His publications (in either English or Italian) include the monograph Contemporary Arab Fiction: Innovation from Rama to Yalu (Routledge: 2007) on the Post-Mahfuzian novel, and studies of Yusuf Idris, Edwar al-Kharrat and Elias Khoury.

Catherine Cobham is a lecturer in Arabic language and literature at the University of St Andrews. She has published research on Yusuf Idris, Naguib Mahfouz, Edwar al-Kharrat, Abdelilah Hamdouchi and Hanan Al-Shaykh. She has also translated the works of Adonis, Naguib Mahfouz, Mahmoud Darwish, Hanan al-Shaykh and Fuad al-Takarli, amongst others.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1399565524
• ISBN 13: 9781399565523
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
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• Personne responsable: non disponible