Contents
Preface
CHAPTER ONE
The Myth of Westernness in Medieval Literary Historiography
CHAPTER TWO
Rethinking the Background
CHAPTER THREE
The Oldest Issue: Courtly Love
CHAPTER FOUR
The Newest “Discovery”: The Muwashshaḥāt
CHAPTER FIVE
Italy, Dante, and the Anxieties of Influence
CHAPTER SIX
Other Readers, Other Readings
AFTERWORD
Bibliography
Index
