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The three-volume life-story of the Egyptian intellectual Tahah Husayn (1889-1973) is a landmark in modern autobiography, in Arabic letters, and in the literature of blindness. This justly celebrated text, however, has never been subjected to the sustained literary analysis here presented by Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Born into a modest family and blinded



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter One. Blindness I: Recognition, pg. 19*Chapter Two. Blindness II: Conflict, pg. 32*Chapter Three. Blindness III: Resolution, pg. 41*Chapter Four. Power, pg. 66*Chapter Five. Traditional/Modern, East/West, pg. 75*Chapter Six. Narration, pg. 93*Chapter Seven. Blind Writing, Blind Rhetoric, pg. 113*Chapter Eight. Humor, pg. 124*Chapter Nine. Narrative Techniques, pg. 144*Chapter Ten. Time, pg. 173*Works Cited, pg. 185*Index, pg. 193

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691609324, 978-0691609324
      ISBN10: 0691609322

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      Book Synopsis

      The three-volume life-story of the Egyptian intellectual Tahah Husayn (1889-1973) is a landmark in modern autobiography, in Arabic letters, and in the literature of blindness. This justly celebrated text, however, has never been subjected to the sustained literary analysis here presented by Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Born into a modest family and blinded



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter One. Blindness I: Recognition, pg. 19*Chapter Two. Blindness II: Conflict, pg. 32*Chapter Three. Blindness III: Resolution, pg. 41*Chapter Four. Power, pg. 66*Chapter Five. Traditional/Modern, East/West, pg. 75*Chapter Six. Narration, pg. 93*Chapter Seven. Blind Writing, Blind Rhetoric, pg. 113*Chapter Eight. Humor, pg. 124*Chapter Nine. Narrative Techniques, pg. 144*Chapter Ten. Time, pg. 173*Works Cited, pg. 185*Index, pg. 193

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