Religion in the Egyptian Novel

Charts the struggle between religious and secular discourse in the Egyptian novel Analyses religious themes in 18 Egyptian novels, drawing on a range of critical theoriesFirst close study of the Coptic theme in the Arabic novelIncludes close readings of key works such as the Mahfouz’s trilogy, as well as important but overlooked works such Mahfouz’s Hikayat Haratna and ‘Asda al-Sirat al-Dhatiyya , and ‘Abd al-Hakim Qasim’s Al-Mahdi and Turaf Akhbar al-Akhira This in-depth, original survey of rel