Representing Others in Medieval Iberian Literature

by Michelle M. Hamilton

Book Overview

Representing Others in Medieval Iberian Literature explores the ways Arabic, Jewish and Christian intellectuals in medieval Iberia (courtiers and clerics) adapt and transform the Andalusi go-between figure in order to represent their own role as cultural intermediaries. While these authors are of different religious, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, they use the go-between, an essential figure in the Andalusi courtly discourse of desire, to open...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349538442
• ISBN13: 9781349538447
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"