The [European] Other in Medieval Arabic Literature and Culture
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The [European] Other in Medieval Arabic Literature and Culture

Ninth-Twelfth Century AD

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The [European] Other in Medieval Arabic Literature and Culture

Ninth-Twelfth Century AD

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Contrary to the monolithic impression left by postcolonial theories of Orientalism, the book makes the case that Orientals did not exist solely to be gazed at. Hermes shows that there was no shortage of medieval Muslims who cast curious eyes towards the European Other and that more than a handful of them were interested in Europe.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2012
ISBN
9781137081650
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Medieval & Early Modern Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface and Acknowledgments
  7. Note on Transliteration
  8. Note on the Translation of Arabic Poetry
  9. Introduction: Be(yond)fore Orientalism; Medieval Muslims and the Other
  10. 1. Translation, Travel, and the Other: The Fascination with Greek and Oriental Cultures
  11. 2. European Barbarity and Civilization in Some Medieval Arabic Geographical Sources: Al-Mas?udi and al-Bakri as Two Case Studies
  12. 3. Writing the North: Europe and Europeans in Medieval Arabic Travel Literature
  13. 4. Poetry, Frontiers, and Alterity: Views and Perceptions of al-Rum (Byzantines) and al-Ifranja (Franks)
  14. Conclusion
  15. Appendix of Translated Poetry
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index