Egypt 1919 : the revolution in literature and film /

Ḥishmat, Dīnā,

Egypt 1919 : the revolution in literature and film / Dina Heshmat. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource. - Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro -- Egypt 1919 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Poetics of Disillusion -- 2 The Fear of the Rabble -- 3 1919 and the Trope of the Modern Nation -- 4 The Revolution on the Screen -- 5 The Politics of Rehabilitation -- 6 Rewriting History in the 1990s -- 7 Rewriting History in the Wake of 2011 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

The first book offering an extensive analysis of literary and cinematic narratives dealing with the 1919 anti-colonial revolution in Egypt.



9781474458382


Electronic Books.

PN56 / .E397 2020