A Sea of Languages: Rethinking the Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History

Published by University of Toronto Press 2013

A Sea of Languages

Rethinking the Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History

Edited by: Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Karla Mallette

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442663398

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Akbari Suzanne Conklin :

Suzanne Conklin Akbari is a professor in the Department of English and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.Mallette Karla :

Karla Mallette is an associate professor in the Departments of Italian and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan.

Reviews

Martin G. Eisner, Department of Romance Studies, Duke University:

“A serious advance in a burgeoning field, A Sea of Languages offers a wonderful array of approaches to address a major topic: the Arabic presence in medieval literary and cultural history. This excellent volume will be a touchstone in the field and a valuable collection for both scholars and students.”

Christine Chism, Department of English, University of California, Los Angeles:

“A Sea of Languages is an important scholarly intervention, bringing together brilliant recent work in a fascinating field to model how future methodologies and areas of study might profitably be nurtured. Featuring contributions from prominent scholars who command respect within and across their fields, it is a magisterial and well-unified collection without peer in the field of Mediterranean Studies.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
In Memoriam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
A SEA OF LANGUAGES: Rethinking the Arabic Role in Medieval Literary History
1 Introduction: The Persistence of Philology: Language and Connectivity in the Mediterranean Suzanne Conklin Akbari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part One: Philology in the Mediterranean
2 Beyond Philology: Cross-Cultural Engagement in Literary History and Beyond Sharon Kinoshita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 Linguistic Difference, the Philology of Romance, and the Romance of Philology Simon Gaunt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4 Forging New Paradigms: Towards a History of Islamo-Christian Civilization John Tolan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
5 Reflections on Muslim Hebraism: Codex Vindobonensis Palatinus and al-Biqa‘i Walid A. Saleh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
6 “Mixing the East with the West”: Cosmopolitan Philology in Richard Burton’s Translations from Camões Paulo Lemos Horta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
7 Reading Backward: The 1001 Nights and Philological Practice Karla Mallette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Part Two: The Cosmopolitan Frontier: Andalusi Case Studies
8 Andalusi “Exceptionalism” Ross Brann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
9 The Convivencia Wars: Decoding Historiography’s Polemic with Philology Ryan Szpiech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
10 “In One of My Body’s Gardens”: Hearts in Transformation in Late Medieval Iberian Passion Devotions Cynthia Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
11 Arab Musical Influence on Medieval Europe: A Reassessment Dwight Reynolds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
12 Sicilian Poets in Seville: Literary Affinities across Political Boundaries William Granara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
13 Vidal Benvenist’s Efer ve-Dinah between Hebrew and Romance David A. Wacks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
14 The Shadow of Islam in Cervantes’s “El Licenciado Vidriera” Leyla Rouhi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
15 “The Finest Flowering”: Poetry, History, and Medieval Spain in the Twenty-First Century María Rosa Menocal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
16 Boustrophedon: Towards a Literary Theory of the Mediterranean Karla Mallette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 328

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Published: October 28, 2013
ISBN: 9781442663398