Islam, Nationalism, and 1000 Years of European Poetry - From the Song of Roland to the Highland Lute

Islam, Nationalism, and 1000 Years of European Poetry considers the long history of Islam and European poetry and its central importance in the development of European culture.

List of contents

Foreword by Oliver Leaman
Acknowledgements
Chronological Table: Islam and European Poetry
Introduction
1. Islam and European National Poetry: conflict and creativity
2. The Reconquista and Spanish Hebrew Poetry
3. Seventeenth-century English poetry: the homiletic separation of Church and State
4. National Poetry and Russian-Ottoman Imperial Conflict, 1789-1914
5. The Greek War of Independence and Its Poetry
6. European Hebrew and Arabic Poetry: the parting of the ways 1789-1939
Bibliography
Index

About the author

David Aberbach is Emeritus Professor at McGill University, Canada. He has written widely on Hebrew and Comparative Literature, with a particular interest in subjects bridging the Arts and Social Sciences, including books on loss and separation in literature, charisma, national poetry, poverty, and the environment. His publications include Literature and Poverty: From the Hebrew Bible to the Second World War (2019) and The Environment and Literature of Moral Dilemmas: From Adam to Michael K (2022).

Product details

• Authors: David (Mcgill University Aberbach, Aberbach David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.08.2025
• EAN: 9781041031215
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4103121-5
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Nationalism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion, Religion: general, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements