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This book examines Washington Irving's biography of the Prophet Muhammed and his other writings that engage Islamic history and the Muslim world. It explores the influence of Spain, Muslim and Christian legends, gender, and heroic biographies on Irving's writing and illustrates Irving'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jalalzai, Zubeda, 1968- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Lexington Books, [2018]
Temas:
Irving, Washington, > 1783-1859 > Knowledge > Islam.
Irving, Washington, > 1783-1859. > Mahomet and his successors.
Irving, Washington, > 1783-1859.
Mahomet and his successors (Irving, Washington)
Islam in literature.
Islam dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Islam.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Washington Irving and Islam / Zubeda Jalalzai
  • Spanish orientalism: Washington Irving and the romance of the Moors / Michael Stevens
  • What pious Moslem writers tell us: Irving's filtering of his sources in Mahomet and his successors / Ray Lacina
  • A Knickerbocker prophet: Washington irving's Americanization of Mahomet" / Doyle Quiggle
  • Think local, act global: the development of Islam in Washington Irving's Mahomet and his successors / Jeffrey Scraba
  • Irving's cadijah and women of power in Salmagundi and Mahomet / Tracy Hoffman
  • Afterword: the seal and conclusion / Jeffrey Einboden.

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