Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 52
... scene after scene , the most vivid char- acter in the play . Two pairs of lovers supply the love element , deep- ly immersed in sentiment . Unlike Marlowe's Tamburlaine , who renounces his religion and burns the Koran , Rowe's hero ...
... scene after scene , the most vivid char- acter in the play . Two pairs of lovers supply the love element , deep- ly immersed in sentiment . Unlike Marlowe's Tamburlaine , who renounces his religion and burns the Koran , Rowe's hero ...
Page 92
... scene of a single play of the heroic type , Mrs. Manley's Almyna : or , the Arabian Vow ( 1707 ) . This is the first Eng- lish drama based on the Arabian Nights . The plot combines two themes not entirely unrelated : the notion that ...
... scene of a single play of the heroic type , Mrs. Manley's Almyna : or , the Arabian Vow ( 1707 ) . This is the first Eng- lish drama based on the Arabian Nights . The plot combines two themes not entirely unrelated : the notion that ...
Page 130
... scene at the time of the conquest ( 1517 ) by Selim I of Turkey . Selim has captured the fair Zoraida , beloved of Almai- mon , the Bey of Egypt , and is about to marry her ( the marriage scene opens in a flower - decked mosque , to ...
... scene at the time of the conquest ( 1517 ) by Selim I of Turkey . Selim has captured the fair Zoraida , beloved of Almai- mon , the Bey of Egypt , and is about to marry her ( the marriage scene opens in a flower - decked mosque , to ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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