The Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History : : A Forgotten Heritage / / Mar�a Rosa Menocal.

Arabic culture was a central and shaping phenomenon in medieval Europe, yet its influence on medieval literature has been ignored or marginalized for the last two centuries. In this ground-breaking book, now returned to print with a new afterword by the author, María Rosa Menocal argues that major m...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]
©1987
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Myth of Westernness in Medieval Literary Historiography
  • CHAPTER TWO. Rethinking the Background
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Oldest Issue: Courtly Love
  • CHAPTER FOUR. The Newest "Discovery": The Muwashshahat
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Italy, Dante, and the Anxieties of Influence
  • CHAPTER SIX. Other Readers, Other Readings
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Index