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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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