Egypt 1919

Traces the portrayals of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution in literary and cinematic narratives Re-examines the 1919 Egyptian Revolution in light of the momentous events of 2011Draws on theoretical approaches in memory studies to investigate the construction of 1919 as a moment of ecstatic nationalist unity Analyses and contextualises representations of the 1919 revolution as narrated in a wide range of novels, films, plays, memoirs and television dramas. Provides a new analysis of canonical novels b