Borrowed Imagination: The British Romantic Poets and Their Arabic-Islamic Sources

by Samar Attar

Book Overview

Borrowed Imagination: The British Romantic Poets and Their Arabic-Islamic Sources deals with the influence of specific Arabic materials on English Romantic poetry during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It reflects on philosophers and literary and cultural critics' neglect of the role played by Arabs and Muslims in helping the British Romantic poets develop their themes, characters, imagery, and narrative modes. It also highlights the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739187619
• ISBN13: 9780739187616
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"