| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) |
| Contents |
"Blessed be Allah, most fair": Ezra Stiles' Arabic revolutions -- "I most sincerely wish an Arabic manuscript of the Koran": -- William Bentley's Islamic archives -- "Intermingled with texts of the Koran": Washington Irving's Moorish renovations -- "To look at the Koran through his spectacles": The Muslim progress of Lydia Maria Child -- "He knows the Koran by heart": The Sufi circulations of Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- Islamic influences
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199397822 |
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0199397821 |
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9780199397815 |
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0199397813 |
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