Writing the self: autobiographical writing in modern Arabic literature/ Robin Ostle, Ed de Moor & Stefan Wild, eds.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Random Variations on an Autobiographical Theme / Edwar al-Kharrat -- Introduction / Robin Ostle -- I. Voyages of Self-Definition. 1. Autobiography, Travelogue and Identity / Richard van Leeuwen. 2. Fact and Fiction in al-Saq 'ala al-saq / Paul Starkey. 3. Two Egyptians at the World Exhibition in Paris / Richard van Leeuwen. 4. Autobiographical Features in the Works of Ya'qub Sanu' / Rosella Dorigo Ceccato. 5. The Promethean Quest in Louis 'Awad's Memoirs of an Overseas Student / Rasheed el-Enany -- II. Autobiography from Theory to Practice. 6. Public Role and Private Self / Susanne Enderwitz. 7. Searching for Beginnings in Modern Arabic Autobiography / Stefan Wild. 8. The Arabic Autobiography of Childhood / Tetz Rooke. 9. Jabra Ibrahim Jabra's Autobiography, al-Bi'r al-ula, and his Concept of a Celebration of Life / Angelika Neuwirth. 10. Autobiography, Theory and Practice: The Case of al-Ayyam / Ed de Moor. 11. Why Novels -- Not Autobiographies? / Stephan Guth. 12. Prison Narratives: Autobiography and Fiction / Isabella Camera d'Afflitto. 13. The Autobiographical Novel and the Dual Function / Yumna al-'Id. 14. The Big House / Hartmut Fahndrich. 15. The Territory of Autobiography: Mahmud Darwish's Memory for Forgetfulness / Yves Gonzalez-Quijano. 16. Autobiography and Polyphony / Boutros Hallaq. 17. Autobiography and Memory / Roger Allen. 18. The Use of Autobiography in Rashid al-Da'if's Dear Mr. Kawabata / Samira Aghacy. 19. Autobiography and Intertextuality: Rashid Bujadra / Debbie Cox. 20. The Autobiography of the Thief of Fire by 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati / Francesca Maria Corrao. 21. 'My Hands Assisted the Hands of Events' / Wiebke Walther -- III. The Female Voice. 22. Coded Emotions: The Description of Nature in Arab Women's Autobiographies / Nadja Odeh. 23. Negotiating the Space between Private and Public: Women's Autobiographical Writing in Egypt / Dinah Manisty. 24. A Life of One's Own? / Sophie Bennett.