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"Solidly researched and splendidly written."--Comparative Literature "Beautifully written... A fascinating introduction to an area of medieval literacy still replete with nationalistic tensions."--Speculum "Calls for a wider acceptance of the idea that medieval Western culture was influenced more widely by Arabic thought."--Choice "Admirable for breadth of reading and attractive for its uncramped sympathies... A sobering reminder ... of the presence of much racism and chauvinism in literary and cultural history."--Relgion and Literature
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"Beautifully written...A fascinating introduction to an area of medieval literacy still replete with nationalistic tensions."--Speculum "Calls for a wider acceptance of the idea that medieval Western culture was influenced more widely by Arab
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"Solidly researched and splendidly written."--Comparative Literature "Beautifully written... A fascinating introduction to an area of medieval literacy still replete with nationalistic tensions."--Speculum "Calls for a wider acceptance of the idea that medieval Western culture was influenced more widely by Arabic thought."--Choice "Admirable for breadth of reading and attractive for its uncramped sympathies... A sobering reminder ... of the presence of much racism and chauvinism in literary and cultural history."--Relgion and Literature
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Modern civilization's myriad pretensions to objectivity have unfortunately tended to obscure the fact that much of our writing of history is as much a myth-making activity as that of more primitive societies. Read the first page
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Modern civilization's myriad pretensions to objectivity have unfortunately tended to obscure the fact that much of our writing of history is as much a myth-making activity as that of more primitive societies. Read the first page
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