Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... TRAVELLERS ' TALES 19 21 III . THEOLOGIANS AND HISTORIANS 24 IV . PROSE AND POETRY 35 V. DRAMA 41 VI . SUMMARY 53 III . THE AGE OF POPE I. POLITICAL HISTORY OF MOSLEM COUNTRIES II . TRAVELLERS ' TALES III . PIRACY ON THE MEDITERRANEAN ...
... TRAVELLERS ' TALES 19 21 III . THEOLOGIANS AND HISTORIANS 24 IV . PROSE AND POETRY 35 V. DRAMA 41 VI . SUMMARY 53 III . THE AGE OF POPE I. POLITICAL HISTORY OF MOSLEM COUNTRIES II . TRAVELLERS ' TALES III . PIRACY ON THE MEDITERRANEAN ...
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... travellers of this period were Frenchmen ; three in particular were known beyond the limits of their native land : Jean Baptiste Tavernier , Jean de Théve- not , and Sir John Chardin . Both Tavernier and Chardin learned the jeweler's ...
... travellers of this period were Frenchmen ; three in particular were known beyond the limits of their native land : Jean Baptiste Tavernier , Jean de Théve- not , and Sir John Chardin . Both Tavernier and Chardin learned the jeweler's ...
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... travellers and residents abroad made useful observations on Moslem manners . Voltaire's Essai sur l'his- toire générale ( in translation ) is almost modern in its outlook , in con- trast to the medievalism of his tragedy , Mahomet ...
... travellers and residents abroad made useful observations on Moslem manners . Voltaire's Essai sur l'his- toire générale ( in translation ) is almost modern in its outlook , in con- trast to the medievalism of his tragedy , Mahomet ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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