The Iraqi Novel

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Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature Series Editor: Rasheed El-Enany This series, dedicated to the study of modern Arabic literature, is unique and unprecedented. It includes contemporary genre studies, single-author studies, studies of particular movements, trends, groupings, themes and periods in Modern Arabic Literature, as well as country/region-based studies. 'This book fills a significant gap in critical studies in English of Arabic Literature, being the first major book on the modern Iraqi novel. I have no doubt it will be read with pleasure and profit by all who have an interest in the literature and history of modern Iraq.' Professor Clive Holes, University of Oxford A commentary on a neglected area of postcolonial fiction contributing to our understanding of Iraqi culture and society This exploration of the work of Iraqi novelists begins with the early pioneering works and then moves towards an outline of the vibrant Baghdad cultural scene during the 1940s and 1950s. Particular attention is paid to detailed textual analysis and the evaluation and comparison of the aesthetic and poetic qualities of the key works of the four writers who form the central subject of the book - Abd al-Malik Nuri (1921-98), Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman (1927-90), Mahdi Isa al-Saqr (1927-2006) and Fu'ad al-Takarli (1927-2008) - all of whom began to write in or around the pivotal decade of the 1950s. It is in these writers' works that Iraqi fiction came of age and reached artistic maturity. The best of them are among the most complex portrayals of the particularities of life in Iraq and the human condition in general to come out of the Arab world. Key Features . Includes an original study of works by Abd al-Malik Nuri and of the Baghdad cultural scene in the 1940s and 50s . Provides close textual analysis of key Iraqi fiction . Analyses Iraqi writings from a postcolonial and comparative perspective . Studies the early pioneering works of Iraqi fiction Fabio Caiani is a Lecturer in Arabic at the University of St Andrews. He is author of Contemporary Arab Fiction (2007). Catherine Cobham is a Lecturer in Arabic and Head of the Arabic department at the University of St Andrews. She has translated a number of contemporary authors from Arabic, including Naguib Mahfouz, Mahmoud Darwish, Hanan al-Shaykh and Fuad al-Takarli. Cover image: Demonstration (70 x 300 cm), Acrylic on board, 1997, London © Faisel Laibi Sahi. Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com