| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: Washington Irving and Islam / Zubeda Jalalzai -- Spanish orientalism: Washington Irving and the romance of the Moors / Michael Stevens -- What pious Moslem writers tell us: Irving's filtering of his sources in Mahomet and his successors / Ray Lacina -- A Knickerbocker prophet: Washington irving's Americanization of Mahomet" / Doyle Quiggle -- Think local, act global: the development of Islam in Washington Irving's Mahomet and his successors / Jeffrey Scraba -- Irving's cadijah and women of power in Salmagundi and Mahomet / Tracy Hoffman -- Afterword: the seal and conclusion / Jeffrey Einboden |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 -- Knowledge -- Islam
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Mahomet and his successors
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| SUBJECT |
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 fast |
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Mahomet and his successors (Irving, Washington) fast |
| Subject |
Islam in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Islam
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Islam in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jalalzai, Zubeda, 1968- editor.
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| LC no. |
2018020029 |
| ISBN |
9781498569675 |
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1498569676 |
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