Islam in English LiteratureCaravan Books, 1977 - 275 pages |
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... continued to break on Christian shores . At the Sublime Porte ruled a series of feeble sultans who left the management of affairs in the hands of their ministers . The able Muḥammad Kuprili and his son Aḥmad were in control during part ...
... continued to break on Christian shores . At the Sublime Porte ruled a series of feeble sultans who left the management of affairs in the hands of their ministers . The able Muḥammad Kuprili and his son Aḥmad were in control during part ...
Page 105
... continued popularity of Voltaire's Mahomet tended to perpetuate the worst features of the old interpreta- tion . We may say , in general , that Muḥammad was still considered as an impostor , even by those who had the most to say in his ...
... continued popularity of Voltaire's Mahomet tended to perpetuate the worst features of the old interpreta- tion . We may say , in general , that Muḥammad was still considered as an impostor , even by those who had the most to say in his ...
Page 134
... continued until the end of the century , but the melodrama , which represented the new romantic spirit , tended to displace it . Melodrama , however , failed to develop into a satisfactory dramatic form , for it moved more and more in ...
... continued until the end of the century , but the melodrama , which represented the new romantic spirit , tended to displace it . Melodrama , however , failed to develop into a satisfactory dramatic form , for it moved more and more in ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 20 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 58 |
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