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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781880003321

Autore

Menocal María Rosa

Titolo

The Arabic role in medieval literary history [[electronic resource] ] : a forgotten heritage / / María Rosa Menocal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia [Pa.], : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004

ISBN

1-283-21118-1

9786613211187

0-8122-0071-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

The Middle Ages series

Disciplina

809/.02

Soggetti

Literature, Medieval - Arab influences

Romance literature - Arab influences

Literature, Medieval - Research

Romance literature - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987. (The Middle Ages series). With new afterword.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. The Myth of Westernness in Medieval Literary Historiography -- CHAPTER TWO. Rethinking the Background -- CHAPTER THREE. The Oldest Issue: Courtly Love -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Newest "Discovery": The Muwashshahat -- CHAPTER FIVE. Italy, Dante, and the Anxieties of Influence -- CHAPTER SIX. Other Readers, Other Readings -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.