Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 52
... allusions are , they are matched by the allusions made by the Moorish characters in the play to the classic myths and to events in European history . Addison devotes a paper in The Guardian ( No. 110 , July 17 , 1713 ) to a witty ...
... allusions are , they are matched by the allusions made by the Moorish characters in the play to the classic myths and to events in European history . Addison devotes a paper in The Guardian ( No. 110 , July 17 , 1713 ) to a witty ...
Page 80
... allusions to Muḥammad and Islam in the Arabian Nights and other transla- tions are the stereotyped expressions common to Arabic conversation and secular literature . In the English tales such allusions are usual- ly absent . Miss Conant ...
... allusions to Muḥammad and Islam in the Arabian Nights and other transla- tions are the stereotyped expressions common to Arabic conversation and secular literature . In the English tales such allusions are usual- ly absent . Miss Conant ...
Page 95
... allusions along the old legendary lines Muḥammad's slavery , his falling sickness , and his " vile profligate Life . " But there are no legendary elements in the Islamic allusions of the play itself . They are remarkably true to the ...
... allusions along the old legendary lines Muḥammad's slavery , his falling sickness , and his " vile profligate Life . " But there are no legendary elements in the Islamic allusions of the play itself . They are remarkably true to the ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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