Contextualizing the Muslim other in medieval Christian discourse

By Jerold C. Frakes

Subjects: Medieval Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Other (Philosophy) in literature, Islam and literature, Muslims in literature, Literature, medieval, history and criticism, Christian literature, RELIGION / Judaism / History, Islamic literature, Christian literature, history and criticism, History and criticism, History, Philosophy in literature

Description: "This volume broadens the perspective of recent work on the discourse of the Muslim Other in medieval Christendom by investigating pertinent texts, art, and artifacts in Armenian, Old Irish and Breton, Old Norse, Serbo-Croatian, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German, and Spanish culture, situating these local discourses of the Muslim Other in the larger cultural context of proto-Eurocentric discourse"--