Birchwood Staging Islam in England: Drama and Culture, 1640-1685

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84615-597-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 21, 210 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Renaissance Literature

Exploration of the ways in which Islam manifested itself in the writings of the seventeenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Birchwood, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Cultural Encounters between England and Islam in the Seventeenth Century: A Topography
Framing `an English Alchoran': The Famous Tragedie of Charles I and the first English translation of the Qur'an
Orienting the Monarch: Tyranny and Tragedy in Robert Baron's Mirza and John Denham's The Sophy
Turning to the Turk: Collaboration and Conversion in William Davenant's The Siege of Rhodes
Toleration, Trade and English Mahometanism in the Aftermath of Restoration
Plotting the Succession: Exclusion, Oates and the News from Vienna
Conclusion: `If we ourselves, would from our selves exam'ne us'
Bibliography
Index