The Islamic lineage of american literary culture : Muslim sources from the Revolution to Reconstruction / Jeffrey Einboden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Einboden, Jeffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--19th century--Islamic influences.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Uncovering Islam's formative impact on U.S. literary origins, this book traces the influence of Arabic and Persian literature in America, from the Revolution beginnings to Reconstruction. Focusing on informal engagements and intimate exchanges, Jeffrey Einboden excavates fresh witnesses to early American engagement with the Muslim world.

Contents:

"Blessed be Allah, most fair": Ezra Stiles' Arabic revolutions

"I most sincerely wish an Arabic manuscript of the Koran":

William Bentley's Islamic archives

"Intermingled with texts of the Koran": Washington Irving's Moorish renovations

"To look at the Koran through his spectacles": The Muslim progress of Lydia Maria Child

"He knows the Koran by heart": The Sufi circulations of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-061293-2

0-19-939782-1

0-19-939781-3