The New Middle Ages

Frakes, J.

Little attention has been focused the representation of Muslims in medieval Germany. Proceeding from a grounded use of contemporary cultural theory and close textual analysis, this study focuses Muslims in several core texts representing drama, epic, and lyric written by the most important writers of medieval Germany. Far from simply adding medieval Germany to the growing scholarly list of the 'pre-post-colonializing' European cultures, the study provides important new perspectives.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-05-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230110878

DOI: 10.1057/9780230119192

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 233