Eastern wisedome and learning the study of Arabic in seventeenth-century England
This study documents the extraordinary interest generated in England by the Arabic language and culture during the 17th century. The author charts both the rise and subsequent fall of this phenomenon, analyzing the impact of Arabic on English academia and literature
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1996, 1996
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This study documents the extraordinary interest generated in England by the Arabic language and culture during the 17th century. The author charts both the rise and subsequent fall of this phenomenon, analyzing the impact of Arabic on English academia and literature |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 381 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191675591 |