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In segregated, conservative societies with a repressive attitude to
women, writing on the theme of love and sexuality are of particular
interest. Among the plethora of studies on modern Arabic
literature, this book is a major treatment of what has generally
been a taboo subject. The scope covers the entire history of modern
Arabic literature from the late-19th century to the end of the
1980s, with examples drawn from countries as diverse as Egypt and
Kuwait. Although the main accent is on the prose of Egypt and the
countries of the Mashreq, North African literature is also
included. Examples are drawn form poetry, the novel and the short
story. Topics range from "Erotic awareness in the early Egyptian
short story" to "Death and desire in Iraqi War literature", from
"Fathers and husbands as tyrants and victims" to "The foreign woman
and the European mistress in the Maghreb novel". "Love and the
mechanism of power" is analyzed, as are "Sexual politics and
narrative strategies". Love and sexuality are shown as key elements
in the work of Tawfik al-Hakim, Fuad al-Tikirli, the Kuwaiti writer
Layla al-Uthman annd Nizar Qabbani. Other chapters treat "The lover
in popular 20th-century Arabic drama", "Love and beyond in Mahjar
literature" and "The romantic imagination and the female ideal".
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