Images of the Prophet Muhammad in English Literature

by Abdur Raheem Kidwai (Author), Abdur Raheem Kidwai (Author)

New
Hardcover
2018
$122.10

Images of the Prophet Muhammad in English Literature seeks to promote a better understanding between the Muslim world and the West against the backdrop of the Danish cartoons and the deplorable tragedy of 9/11, which has evoked a general interest in things Islamic. This book recounts and analyzes the image of Prophet Muhammad, as reflected in English literary texts from the twelfth to nineteenth centuries. It will be of much interest to students of English literary history, cultural studies, Islamic studies, and literary Orientalism.

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Images of the Prophet Muhammad in English Literature seeks to promote a better understanding between the Muslim world and the West against the backdrop of the Danish cartoons and the deplorable tragedy of 9/11, which has evoked a general interest in things Islamic. This book recounts and analyzes the image of Prophet Muhammad, as reflected in English literary texts from the twelfth to nineteenth centuries. It will be of much interest to students of English literary history, cultural studies, Islamic studies, and literary Orientalism.

$122.10

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 152
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Published: 20 Feb 2018
ISBN 10: 1433147483
ISBN 13: 9781433147487

Author Bio

Abdur Raheem Kidwai, Professor of English and Director of the UGC Human Resource Development Centre at Aligarh Muslim University, has a PhD from the Aligarh Muslim University and a PhD from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He has been the Honorary Visiting Professor/Fellow at the Department of English, University of Leicester, and has delivered lectures on literary Orientalism at the universities of Oxford, Mauritius, Sunderland, and Leicester. Some of his books include Orientalism in Lord Byron's Turkish Tales, Stranger Than Fiction: Image of Islam/Muslims in English Fiction, and Orientalism in English Literature: Perception of Islam and Muslims.