Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... prophet . The knowledge about Muhammad in the Mid- dle Ages was exceedingly vague , but what was lacking in information . was supplied by legend ; and the legendary material was , in part , a fic- tional interpretation of incidents in ...
... prophet . The knowledge about Muhammad in the Mid- dle Ages was exceedingly vague , but what was lacking in information . was supplied by legend ; and the legendary material was , in part , a fic- tional interpretation of incidents in ...
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... Prophet have the right to wear green . If ( vain thought ) he could marry Almeyda , he would be imitating the example of Muḥammad . " Our prophet was but just such another , scoundrel as I am , till he raised himself to power , and ...
... Prophet have the right to wear green . If ( vain thought ) he could marry Almeyda , he would be imitating the example of Muḥammad . " Our prophet was but just such another , scoundrel as I am , till he raised himself to power , and ...
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... prophet is draped around the dramatist . " Whoever looks intelligently at this Shakespeare may recognize that he too was a Prophet , in his way . " 2 Shakespeare's way was that of being unconscious of his high calling ; and his state of ...
... prophet is draped around the dramatist . " Whoever looks intelligently at this Shakespeare may recognize that he too was a Prophet , in his way . " 2 Shakespeare's way was that of being unconscious of his high calling ; and his state of ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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