TY - BOOK AU - Caiani,Fabio AU - Cobham,Catherine TI - The Iraqi Novel: Key Writers, Key Texts T2 - Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature : ESMAL SN - 9780748641413 AV - PJ8042 .C35 2013 U1 - 892.736 PY - 2022///] CY - Edinburgh : PB - Edinburgh University Press, KW - Arabic fiction KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - 21st century KW - Iraq KW - Islamic Studies KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh N1 - restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Studies a neglected area of postcolonial fiction, fostering a better understanding of Iraqi culture and societyThis 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 FeaturesIncludes an original study of works by Abd al-Malik Nuri and of the Baghdad cultural scene in the 1940s and 50sPays particular attention to detailed textual analysis and the evaluation and comparison of the aesthetic and poetic qualities of the works consideredAnalyses Iraqi writings from a postcolonial and comparative perspectiveStudies the early pioneering works of Iraqi fiction UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748685233?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748685233 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748685233/original ER -