Muslim Poets under a Christian King: An Intertextual Reevaluation of Sicilian Arabic Literature under Roger II (1112–54) (Part I)

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Titre

Muslim Poets under a Christian King: An Intertextual Reevaluation of Sicilian Arabic Literature under Roger II (1112–54) (Part I)

Créateur

Miller, Nathaniel A. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2019

Dans

Mediterranean Studies Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

Throughout the twelfth century, a number of Arabic-speaking Muslims produced poetry in the court of the Normans of Sicily. This article examines literary figures active under Roger II in the context of their interlocutors, professional colleagues, and other contemporaries around the western Mediterranean and North Africa. It argues that, in this context, most of the Sicilian Arab literary figures were only secondarily poets, their primary role being within a chancery or other administrative milieu, and that they continued to assert an undiminished Islamic identity, although living under Christian rule. This identity is mirrored in the intertextual play on topoi (maʿānī) found in Sicilian Arabic poetry, which was heavily engaged with cultural activity around the Mediterranean.

Langue

eng

volume

27

numéro

2

pages

182-209

doi

10.5325/mediterraneanstu.27.2.0182

issn

1074-164X

Titre abrégé

Muslim Poets under a Christian King

uri

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/mediterraneanstu.27.2.0182

Miller, Nathaniel A., “Muslim Poets under a Christian King: An Intertextual Reevaluation of Sicilian Arabic Literature under Roger II (1112–54) (Part I)”, 2019, bibliographie, consulté le 7 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/1805