Mythologies of the Prophet Muhammad in early modern English culture
"The figure of 'Mahomet' was widely known in early modern England. A grotesque version of the Prophet Muhammad, Mahomet was a product of vilification, caricature and misinformation placed at the centre of Christian conceptions of Islam. In Mythologies of the Prophet Muhammad in Early...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge Univ. Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Muḥammad 570-632
/ Cultural life
/ History 1530-1700
B English language / Literature / Muḥammad 570-632 / History 1565-1675 |
| Further subjects: | B
Europe
Civilization
Islamic influences
B Islam Relations Christianity History B English language B Literature B Islam in literature B History 1565-1675 B Christianity and other religions Islam History B Muḥammad Prophet (-632) In literature B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism |
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| Summary: | "The figure of 'Mahomet' was widely known in early modern England. A grotesque version of the Prophet Muhammad, Mahomet was a product of vilification, caricature and misinformation placed at the centre of Christian conceptions of Islam. In Mythologies of the Prophet Muhammad in Early Modern English Culture Matthew Dimmock draws on an eclectic range of early modern sources - literary, historical, visual - to explore the nature and use of Mahomet in a period bounded by the beginnings of print and the early Enlightenment. This fabricated figure and his spurious biography were endlessly recycled, but also challenged and vindicated, and the tales the English told about him offer new perspectives on their sense of the world - its geographies and religions, near and far - and their place within it. This book explores the role played by Mahomet in the making of Englishness, and reflects on what this might reveal about England's present circumstances"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 261 - 282 |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 291 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 1107032911 |