The Politics of Melodrama: The Cultural and Political Lives of Ihsan Abdel Kouddous and Gamal Abdel Nasser - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503640238ISBN-10:150364023XUPC:9781503640238Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Middle East, Modern, Middle EasternBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.12 inchesWeight:1.5719Product ID:SCDDRGMPZ1
The Politics of Melodrama: The Cultural and Political Lives of Ihsan Abdel Kouddous and Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ihsan Abdel Kouddous (1919-1990) is the most popular and prolific writer of Arabic fiction in the twentieth century. The Politics of Melodrama is the first book to take on this giant of Arabic fiction and consider both his outsized cultural influence and consequential position in Egyptian politics. Jonathan Smolin frames the work of Abdel Kouddous not only as romantic melodrama, but as an...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503640238ISBN-10:150364023XUPC:9781503640238Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Middle East, Modern, Middle EasternBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.12 inchesWeight:1.5719Product ID:SCDDRGMPZ1
Jonathan Smolin is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College. He is the translator of two of Abdel Kouddous's novels, most recently A Nose and Three Eyes (2024).
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