Title: Islam and the Divine comedy,
Authors: Asín Palacios, Miguel, 1871-1944.; Sunderland, Harold,
Publisher: Cass,
Year: 1968
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, Sources.; Dante Alighieri, Knowledge Literature.; Islamic legends.; Eschatology.; Comparative literature Arabic and Italian.; Comparative literature Italian and Arabic.
Contents: The legend of the noctornal journey and ascension of Mahomet compared with the Divine comedy -- The Divine comedy compared with other Moslem legends on the after-life -- Moslem features in the Christian legends precursory of the Divine comedy -- Probability of the transmission of Islamic models to Christian Europe and particularly to Dante.