Atheism in the medieval Islamic and European world: the influence of Persian and Arabic ideas of doubt and skepticism on medieval European literary thought
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The question of 'orientalism' in the medieval texts -- A thousand and one nights revisited -- Shaharazad's moral world : a feminist case of recreation and unity -- Dissent, skepticism and medieval texts : La Chanson de Roland and its Persian prototy...
| Summary: | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The question of 'orientalism' in the medieval texts -- A thousand and one nights revisited -- Shaharazad's moral world : a feminist case of recreation and unity -- Dissent, skepticism and medieval texts : La Chanson de Roland and its Persian prototype Vis and Ramin -- Abelardian logic : working out the principles of rationality in Dante's the Divine comedy -- A lover's game : redefining the laws of Christianity in the Pearl poem -- Usurping the voice of authority : Chaucer's reply |
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| Physical Description: | 271 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58814-051-7 |
