Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 11
... interest of the Christian writers is the description of Paradise . The author of Mandeville's Travels puts it thus quaintly . The Saracens believe that Paradise contains " all maner of frutes in all cesouns & ryueres rennynge of mylk ...
... interest of the Christian writers is the description of Paradise . The author of Mandeville's Travels puts it thus quaintly . The Saracens believe that Paradise contains " all maner of frutes in all cesouns & ryueres rennynge of mylk ...
Page 100
... interest in the Moslem East , from the days of the Crusades onward , which was to characterize the following period . II Though the main features of life in Moslem lands had been recorded by earlier travellers , various new items of ...
... interest in the Moslem East , from the days of the Crusades onward , which was to characterize the following period . II Though the main features of life in Moslem lands had been recorded by earlier travellers , various new items of ...
Page 147
... interest- ing description of the passion play performed by the Shi'ite Mos- lems of India , in which , she says , the Hindus frequently participate.1 III Several histories of Islam and lives of Muḥammad , none of them of high ...
... interest- ing description of the passion play performed by the Shi'ite Mos- lems of India , in which , she says , the Hindus frequently participate.1 III Several histories of Islam and lives of Muḥammad , none of them of high ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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