Conscience of the Nation: Writers, State, and Society in Modern Egypt by Richard Jacquemond
Conscience of the Nation: Writers, State, and Society in Modern Egypt

Richard Jacquemond

Conscience of the Nation: Writers, State, and Society in Modern Egypt

Richard Jacquemond

355 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

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Artfully combining social and literary history, this unique study explores the dual loyalties of contemporary Egyptian authors from the 1952 Revolution to the present day. Egypt's writers have long had an elevated idea of their social mission, con...

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