Atheism in the medieval Islamic & European world
Subtitle: the influence of Persian and Arabic ideas of doubt and skepticism on medieval European literary thought
By: by Fatemeh Chehregosha Azinfar.
Publisher: Ibex Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781588140517
Subjects: Literature, Comparative -- Arabic and European; Literature, Comparative -- European and Arabic; Literature, Comparative -- Persian and European; Literature, Comparative -- European and Persian; European literature -- Arab influences; Literature, Medieval -- Arab influences; European literature -- Persian influences; Literature, Medieval -- Persian influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: The question of 'orientalism' in the medieval texts; title: A thousand and one nights revisited; title: Shaharazad's moral world : a feminist case of recreation and unity; title: Dissent, skepticism and medieval texts : La Chanson de Roland and its Persian prototype Vis and Ramin; title: Abelardian logic : working out the principles of rationality in Dante's the Divine comedy; title: A lover's game : redefining the laws of Christianity in the Pearl poem; title: Usurping the voice of authority : Chaucer's reply.