Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.
Contents
1. The garrulous peasant : Yaqub Sannu, Abdallah al-Nadim and the construction of the fallah in early drama and dialogue -- 2. Novels and nations -- 3. Foundations : pastoral and anti-pastoral -- 4. The politics of reality : realism, neo-realism and the village novel -- 5. The land -- 6. The exiled son -- 7. The storyteller.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
