Atheism in the medieval Islamic and European world: the influence of Persian and Arabic ideas of doubt and skepticism on medieval European literary thought
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The question of 'orientalism' in the medieval texts -- A thousand and one nights revisited -- Shaharazad's moral world : a feminist case of recreation and unity -- Dissent, skepticism and medieval texts : La Chanson de Roland and its Persian prototy...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bethesda, Md.
Ibex Publ.
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Arabic language
/ Persian language
/ Literature
/ Atheism
/ Reception
/ History 700-1500
B Europe / Literature |
| Further subjects: | B
Comparative Literature
European and Arabic
B Literature, Comparative European and Persian B Literature, Comparative European and Arabic B Literature, Comparative Persian and European B European literature Persian influences B Comparative Literature Arabic and European B Comparative Literature European and Persian B Comparative Literature Persian and European B Literature, Medieval Persian influences B Literature, Comparative Arabic and European B European literature Arab influences B Literature, Medieval Arab influences |
| Summary: | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The question of 'orientalism' in the medieval texts -- A thousand and one nights revisited -- Shaharazad's moral world : a feminist case of recreation and unity -- Dissent, skepticism and medieval texts : La Chanson de Roland and its Persian prototype Vis and Ramin -- Abelardian logic : working out the principles of rationality in Dante's the Divine comedy -- A lover's game : redefining the laws of Christianity in the Pearl poem -- Usurping the voice of authority : Chaucer's reply |
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| ISBN: | 1588140512 |