Jeffrey Einboden

The Islamic Lineage of American Literary Culture

Muslim Sources from the Revolution to Reconstruction

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Produktbeschreibung

Uncovering Islam's formative impact on U.S. literary origins, this book traces the influence of Arabic and Persian literature in America, from the Revolution beginnings to Reconstruction. Focusing on informal engagements and intimate exchanges, Jeffrey Einboden excavates fresh witnesses to early American engagement with the Muslim world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780199397808
• ISBN-10: 0199397805
• Artikelnr.: 47864952

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Einboden is Associate Professor of English at Northern Illinois University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* Introduction
* Chapter 1: "Blessed Be Allah, Most Fair": Ezra Stiles's Arabic
Revolutions
* Chapter 2: "I most sincerely wish an Arabic Manuscript of the Koran":
William Bentley's Islamic Archives
* Chapter 3: "Intermingled with texts of the Koran": Washington
Irving's Moorish Renovations
* Chapter 4: "To look at the Koran through his spectacles": The Muslim
Progress of Lydia Maria Child
* Chapter 5: "He knows the Koran by heart": The Sufi Circulations of
Ralph Waldo Emerson
* Appendix
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index