Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic LiteratureSeries Editor: Rasheed El-EnanyThis series, dedicated to the study of modern Arabic literature, is unique and unprecedented. It includes contemporary genre studies, single-author studies, studies of particular movements, trends, groupings, themes and periods in Modern Arabic Literature, as well as country/region-based studies. Explores the key factors that contributed to the rise and development of the nahá¸ahThe Arab Renaissance (nahá¸ah) in the 19th and early 20th centuries represents one of the most important periods in the development of Arabic thought and culture. The full story of the nahá¸ah, however, remains to be written. Not only do we lack a comprehensive account in the English language of the nahá¸ah, but the research to date has focused too exclusively on the contribution of external forces at the expense of important internal factors, which has painted a far-from-complete picture of the rise and development of the movement as a whole.Starting in the pre-modern period (c. 1700), this book explores the key factors, both internal and external, that contributed to the rise and development of the nahá¸ah and focuses on the home-grown humanist movement of the period which was the driving force behind much of the linguistic, literary and educational activity. Overall, this book highlights the complexity of the nahá¸ah and offers a more pluralist history of the period.

Key Features* A new and comprehensive approach to nahá¸ah studies* The first English-language study to focus on little studied intellectual figures and currents of the early nahá¸ah* Deals with important themes such as modern Arab intellectual history, literature and culture, and with issues of modernity, language and identity - allowing for significant engagement with the study of the intellectual life and discourse of the nahá¸ah as a wholeAbdulrazzak Patel is a Research Associate at the Oriental Institute, Oxford.Cover image: Cairo sunset with towers © clu/iStockphotoCover design:[insert logo file]www.euppublishing.comISBN 978-0-7486-4069-0 [please add in the white area above the barcode]Barcode.