A Sea of Languages : : Rethinking the Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History / / ed. by Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Karla Mallette.

• HerausgeberIn: Akbari, Suzanne Conklin,; Mallette, Karla ,
• MitwirkendeR: Brann, Ross,; Conklin Akbari, Suzanne,; Gaunt, Simon,; Granara, William,; Horta, Paulo Lemos,; Kinoshita, Sharon,; Mallette, Karla,; Menocal, María Rosa,; Reynolds, Dwight,; Robinson, Cynthia,; Rouhi, Leyla,; Saleh, Walid A.,; Szpiech, Ryan,; Tolan, John,; Wacks, David A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; In Memoriam --; Acknowledgments --; A SEA OF LANGUAGES: Rethinking the Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History --; 1 Introduction: The Persistence of Philology: Language and Connectivity in the Mediterranean --; Part One: Philology in the Mediterranean --; 2 Beyond Philology: Cross-Cultural Engagement in Literary History and Beyond --; 3 Linguistic Difference, the Philology of Romance, and the Romance of Philology --; 4 Forging New Paradigms: Towards a History of Islamo-Christian Civilization --; 5 Reflections on Muslim Hebraism: Codex Vindobonensis Palatinus and al-Biqa'i --; 6 "Mixing the East with the West": Cosmopolitan Philology in Richard Burton's Translations from Camões --; 7 Reading Backward: The 1001 Nights and Philological Practice --; Part Two: The Cosmopolitan Frontier: Andalusi Case Studies --; 8 Andalusi "Exceptionalism" --; 9 The Convivencia Wars: Decoding Historiography's Polemic with Philology --; 10 "In One of My Body's Gardens": Hearts in Transformation in Late Medieval Iberian Passion Devotions --; 11 Arab Musical Influence on Medieval Europe: A Reassessment --; 12 Sicilian Poets in Seville: Literary Affinities across Political Boundaries --; 13 Vidal Benvenist's Efer ve-Dinah between Hebrew and Romance --; 14 The Shadow of Islam in Cervantes's "El Licenciado Vidriera" --; 15 "The Finest Flowering": Poetry, History, and Medieval Spain in the Twenty-First Century --; 16 Boustrophedon: Towards a Literary Theory of the Mediterranean --; Bibliography --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442663398
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442663398
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Karla Mallette.

Medieval European literature was once thought to have been isolationist in its nature, but recent scholarship has revealed the ways in which Spanish and Italian authors - including Cervantes and Marco Polo - were influenced by Arabic poetry, music, and philosophy. A Sea of Languages brings together some of the most influential scholars working in Muslim-Christian-Jewish cultural communications today to discuss the convergence of the literary, social, and economic histories of the medieval Mediterranean.This volume takes as a starting point María Rosa Menocal's groundbreaking work The Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History, a major catalyst in the reconsideration of prevailing assumptions regarding the insularity of medieval European literature. Reframing ongoing debates within literary studies in dynamic new ways, A Sea of Languages will become a critical resource and reference point for a new generation of scholars and students on the intersection of Arabic and European literature.