Washington Irving and Islam
Critical Essays
Seiten
2018
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498569668 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498569668 (ISBN)
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.
Washington Irving and Islam contributes to understanding the relationship between the United States and the Islamic world, valuable not only for studies of Washington Irving, American Literature, or Islam, but also for thinking through the role Islam and the “Orient” have played in American literature and history, a critical field receiving ever-increasing attention. The global context of Irving’s work ties these essays together as does an understanding that his writings challenge easy classification of the Muslim other, and, indeed, challenge easy classification of Irving’s own responses to that other. Washington Irving bestrides opposing positions as well as distant worlds.
Washington Irving and Islam contributes to understanding the relationship between the United States and the Islamic world, valuable not only for studies of Washington Irving, American Literature, or Islam, but also for thinking through the role Islam and the “Orient” have played in American literature and history, a critical field receiving ever-increasing attention. The global context of Irving’s work ties these essays together as does an understanding that his writings challenge easy classification of the Muslim other, and, indeed, challenge easy classification of Irving’s own responses to that other. Washington Irving bestrides opposing positions as well as distant worlds.
Zubeda Jalalzaiis professor of English at Rhode Island College.
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 MahometTracy Hoffman
Afterword: The Seal and Conclusion
Jeffrey Einboden
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.07.2018 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Michael Stevens, Jeffrey Einboden, Tracy Hoffman, Zubeda Jalalzai |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 390 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781498569668 / 9781498569668 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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