European modernity and the arab mediterranean : toward a new philology and a counter-orientalism /

Mallette examines Orientalist philology in southern Europe produced between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth century. Focusing on Italy, Spain, and Malta, she conducts close comparative readings of a wide range of philological narratives to reveal the influences Arab and Islamic traditions have...

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Main Authors: Mallette, Karla
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2010]
©2010
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812205268
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Summary: Mallette examines Orientalist philology in southern Europe produced between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth century. Focusing on Italy, Spain, and Malta, she conducts close comparative readings of a wide range of philological narratives to reveal the influences Arab and Islamic traditions have had on the development of modern European culture.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9780812205268
Index Number: PJ6057
CLC: H370.9
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Chapter 1. Scheherazade among the Philologists (Paris, 1704) --
Chapter 2. Metempsychosis: Dante, Petrarch, and the Arab Middle Ages --
Chapter 3. I nostri Saracini: Writing the History of the Arabs of Sicily --
Chapter 4. The Ramparts of Europe: The Invention of the Maltese Language --
Chapter 5. The Life and Times of Enrico Cerulli --
Chapter 6. Amalgams: Emilio Garc a G mez (s. xx), Alvarus (s. ix), and Philology after the Nation --
Chapter 7. Scheherazade at Home (Baghdad, a.d. 803; London and Hollywood, 1939) --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index --
Acknowledgments.