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Benedict S. Robinson
Islam and Early Modern English Literature [PDF ebook]
The Politics of Romance from Spenser to Milton

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This book traces the process through which authors like Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton adapted, rewrote, or resisted romance, mapping a world in which new cross-cultural contacts and religious conflicts demanded a rethinking of some of the most fundamental terms of early modern identity.

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Romance, the ‘Turk, ‘ and Europe Secret Faith Leaving Claribel Unfinished Romance Strange Commodities Pleasure and Terror

About the author

BENEDICT ROBINSON is Assistant Professor of English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 237 ● ISBN 9780230607439 ● File size 1.1 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2306886 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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