Description
Arabic culture was a central and shaping phenomenon in medieval Europe, yet its influence on medieval literature has been ignored or marginalized for the last two centuries. In this ground-breaking book, now returned to print with a new afterword by the author, María Rosa Menocal argues that major modifications of the medieval canon and its literary history are necessary.
Menocal reviews the Arabic cultural presence in a variety of key settings, including the courts of William of Aquitaine and Frederick II, the universities in London, Paris, and Bologna, and Cluny under Peter the Venerable, and she examines how our perception of specific texts including the courtly love lyric and the works of Dante and Boccaccio would be altered by an acknowledgment of the Arabic cultural component.Author: Maria Rosa Menocal, María Rosa Menocal
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 02/01/1990
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780812213249
ISBN10: 0812213246
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern
About the Author
Maria Rosa Menocal is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University, where she is Director of the Whitney Humanities Center. She is author of The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain and Shards of Love: Exile and the Origins of the Lyric.