Washington Irving and Islam

Critical Essays
Herausgeber: Jalalzai, Zubeda

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Produktbeschreibung

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's articulation of Orientalism and American nationalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781498569668
• ISBN-10: 1498569668
• Artikelnr.: 51778084

Autorenporträt

Zubeda Jalalzai is professor of English at Rhode Island College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Washington Irving and Islam Zubeda Jalalzai 1.Spanish
Orientalism: Washington Irving and the Romance of the Moors Michael Stevens
2.What Pious Moslem Writers Tell Us: Irving's Filtering of His Sources in
Mahomet and His Successors Ray Lacina 3. A Knickerbocker Prophet:
Washington Irving's Americanization of "Mahomet" Doyle Quiggle 4.Think
Local, Act Global: The Development of Islam in Washington Irving's Mahomet
and His Successors Jeffrey Scraba 5.Irving's Cadijah and Women of Power in
Salmagundi and Mahomet Tracy Hoffman Afterword: The Seal and Conclusion
Jeffrey Einboden