Dante and Islam - (Dante's World: Historicizing Literary Cultures of the Due an) by Jan M Ziolkowski (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Controversy has raged about Christian perspectives on Muslims in Dante's Divine Comedy. One extreme emphasizes "clash of civilizations," another peaceful cohabitation. Dante's fit within orientalism remains debated. Sifting the issues requires investigating the Qur'an and Islamic learning, Dante's images of Muhammad, and engagement among Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Italy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Dante put Muhammad in one of the lowest circles of Hell. At the same time, the medieval Christian poet placed several Islamic philosophers much more honorably in Limbo. Furthermore, it has long been suggested that for much of the basic framework of the Divine Comedy Dante was indebted to apocryphal traditions about a "night journey" taken by Muhammad. <p/>Dante scholars have increasingly returned to the question of Islam to explore the often surprising encounters among religious traditions that the Middle Ages afforded. This collection of essays works through what was known of the Qur'an and of Islamic philosophy and science in Dante's day and explores the bases for Dante's images of Muhammad and Ali. It further compels us to look at key instances of engagement among Muslims, Jews, and Christians.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>This book enlightens the impact of Arabo-Islamic civilisation on Dante and makes an important contribution to the question of mutual cultural influences among Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages.-- "Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean"<br><br>This is an interesting addition to the literature on Dante and his times, and Islam.<b>---Ephraim Nissan, <i>Quaderni di Studi Indo-Mediterranei</i></b><br><br>This volume gathers together some of the major figures in the study of Dante and Islam, including the seminal work of Cantarino and Corti, as well as ground-breaking articles such as Burman on medieval readers of the Latin Qur'an and Mallette on the figure of Muhammad. Dante's visionary poetry is placed in the context of western reception of Arabic literature as well as the dynamic field of Mediterranean Studies. A must-read volume for scholars and students of European views of the Muslim world.<b>---Suzanne Conklin Akbari, <i>author of Idols in the East: European Representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br><strong>Jan M. Ziolkowski </strong>is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University.<br>
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