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Topicality and Representation: Islam and Muslims in Two Renaissance Plays
Hammood Khalid Obaid
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This book focuses on the importance of topical reading in understanding Islamic figures and themes, and applies this approach to two landmark Elizabethan plays: George Peele's Battle of Alcazar and William Percy's Mahomet and his Heaven. The former is the first English play to present a Moor as a major character, while the latter is the first English play to be based on Quranic material and feature the Prophet of Islam as a major character. In both plays, the book argues, topical concerns played a major role in the formation of Islamic characters and themes, rendering the term `representation' highly ... Read more
This book focuses on the importance of topical reading in understanding Islamic figures and themes, and applies this approach to two landmark Elizabethan plays: George Peele's Battle of Alcazar and William Percy's Mahomet and his Heaven. The former is the first English play to present a Moor as a major character, while the latter is the first English play to be based on Quranic material and feature the Prophet of Islam as a major character. In both plays, the book argues, topical concerns played a major role in the formation of Islamic characters and themes, rendering the term `representation' highly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781443850605
SKU
V9781443850605
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Hammood Khalid Obaid
Hammood Obaid received his PhD and MLitt in English Literature from Newcastle University. His work focuses on cross-cultural encounters between east and west, especially Islam and Britain. As a member of the International Tudor Symposium, he has presented and published his work in several international and local conferences and journals.
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