Mythologies of the Prophet Muhammad in early modern English culture /

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"The figure of 'Mahomet' was widely known in early modern England. A grotesque version of the Prophet Muhammad, Mahomet was a product of vilification, caricature and misinformation placed at the centre of Christian conceptions of Islam. In Mythologies of the Prophet Muhammad in Early...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dimmock, Matthew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Muḥammad, > Prophet, > -632 > In literature.
Muḥammad, > Prophet, > -632
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Islam in literature.
Christianity and other religions > Islam > History.
Islam > Relations > Christianity > History.
Islam dans la littérature.
Christianisme > Relations > Islam > Histoire.
Islam > Relations > Christianisme > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christianity
Civilization > Islamic influences
English literature > Early modern
Interfaith relations
Islam
Islam in literature
Literature
Europe > Civilization > Islamic influences.
Europe
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: fabricating Mahomet
  • 1. 'Well Rehearsed' in 'Books Old': Early Print and the Life of Mahomet
  • 2. 'Most Like to Mahomet': Religious History and Reformation Mutability
  • 3. Old Mahomet's Head: Idols, Papists and Mortus Ali on the English Stage
  • 4. Bunyan's Dilemma: Seventeenth-Century Imposture, Liberty and True Mahomets
  • Conclusion: Mahomet discovered.

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