Taha Husayn: His Place in the Egyptian Literary Renaissance

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This book was by far the earliest book-length study of any aspect of modern Arabic literature to be published outside the Arab world. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TRANSLITERATION CONTENTS PART I: THE EGYPTIAN RENAISSANCE Chapter 1. The Epoch of Acquisition Chapter 2. The Epoch of Dilation Chapter 3. The Need for Guidance PART II: THE MAN Chapter 4. His Life Chapter 5. His Character PART III: THE REFORMER Chapter 6. His Philosophy Chapter 7. Modernism Chapter 8. The Social Order Chapter 9. Education PART IV: THE MAN OF LETTERS Chapter 10. Criticism—Theories Chapter 11. Scientific Criticism Chapter 12. Artistic Criticism Chapter 13. Criticism—The Wider Field Chapter 14. Story-Telling Chapter 15. Social Studies PART V: THE CRAFTSMAN Chapter 16. Form and Style PART VI: CONCLUSIONS Chapter 17: An Estimate APPENDIX : Summaries of Taha Husayn's novels BIBLIOGRAPHY