J Frakes: 2 books

Book cover of Vernacular and Latin Literary Discourses of the Muslim Other in Medieval Germany
by J. Frakes
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011

Little attention has been focused the representation of MuslimsĀ 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...
Book cover of Contextualizing the Muslim Other in Medieval Christian Discourse
by J. Frakes
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011

Broadens the perspective of recent work on the discourse of the Muslim Other in medieval Christendom by investigating pertinent texts, art, and artefacts, situating these local discourses of the Muslim Other in the larger cultural context of proto-Eurocentric discourse.
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