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The [European] Other in Medieval Arabic Literature and Culture: Ninth-Twelfth Century AD

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Author(s): Nizar F. Hermes (auth.)
Series: The New Middle Ages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2012

Language: English
Tags: Medieval Literature; History of Medieval Europe; Classical and Antique Literature; Islam; History of Religion; Middle Eastern Literature

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Be(Yond)Fore Orientalism; Medieval Muslims and the Other....Pages 1-10
Translation, Travel, and the Other: The Fascination with Greek and Oriental Cultures....Pages 11-37
European Barbarity and Civilization in Some Medieval Arabic Geographical Sources: Al-Mas‘Udi and Al-Bakri as Two Case Studies....Pages 39-70
Writing the North: Europe and Europeans in Medieval Arabic Travel Literature....Pages 71-134
Poetry, Frontiers, and Alterity: Views and Perceptions of Al-Rum (Byzantines) and Al-Ifranja (Franks)....Pages 135-169
Conclusion....Pages 171-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-241