Table of Contents

In Memoriam

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: The Persistence of Philology: Language and Connectivity in the Mediterranean
SUZANNE CONKLIN AKBARI

Part One: Philology in the Mediterranean

2 Beyond Philology: Cross-Cultural Engagement in Literary History and Beyond
SHARON KINOSHITA

3 Linguistic Difference, the Philology of Romance, and the Romance of Philology
SIMON GAUNT

4 Forging New Paradigms: Towards a History of Islamo-Christian Civilization
JOHN TOLAN

5 Reflections on Muslim Hebraism: Codex Vindobonensis Palatinus and al-Biqa‘i
WALID A. SALEH

6 “Mixing the East with the West”: Cosmopolitan Philology in Richard Burton’s Translations from Camões
PAULO LEMOS HORTA

7 Reading Backward: The 1001 Nights and Philological Practice
KARLA MALLETTE

Part Two: The Cosmopolitan Frontier: Andalusi Case Studies

8 Andalusi “Exceptionalism”
ROSS BRANN

9 The Convivencia Wars: Decoding Historiography’s Polemic with Philology
RYAN SZPIECH

10 “In One of My Body’s Gardens”: Hearts in Transformation in Late Medieval Iberian Passion Devotions
CYNTHIA ROBINSON

11 Arab Musical Influence on Medieval Europe: A Reassessment
DWIGHT REYNOLDS

12 Sicilian Poets in Seville: Literary Affinities across Political Boundaries
WILLIAM GRANARA

13 Vidal Benvenist’s Efer ve-Dinah between Hebrew and Romance
DAVID A. WACKS

14 The Shadow of Islam in Cervantes’s “El Licenciado Vidriera”
LEYLA ROUHI

15 “The Finest Flowering”: Poetry, History, and Medieval Spain in the Twenty-First Century
MARÍA ROSA MENOCAL

16 Boustrophedon: Towards a Literary Theory of the Mediterranean
KARLA MALLETTE

Bibliography

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"A Sea of Languages is an important scholarly intervention, bringing together brilliant recent work in a fascinating field to model how future methodologies and areas of study might profitably be nurtured. Featuring contributions from prominent scholars who command respect within and across their fields, it is a magisterial and well-unified collection without peer in the field of Mediterranean Studies." -- Christine Chism, Department of English, University of California, Los Angeles "A serious advance in a burgeoning field, A Sea of Languages offers a wonderful array of approaches to address a major topic: the Arabic presence in medieval literary and cultural history. This excellent volume will be a touchstone in the field and a valuable collection for both scholars and students." -- Martin G. Eisner, Department of Romance Studies, Duke University

About the Author

Suzanne Conklin Akbari is a professor in the Department of English and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. Karla Mallette is an associate professor in the Departments of Italian and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan.

Reviews

"A Sea of Languages is an important scholarly intervention, bringing together brilliant recent work in a fascinating field to model how future methodologies and areas of study might profitably be nurtured. Featuring contributions from prominent scholars who command respect within and across their fields, it is a magisterial and well-unified collection without peer in the field of Mediterranean Studies."--Christine Chism, Department of English, University of California, Los Angeles
"A serious advance in a burgeoning field, A Sea of Languages offers a wonderful array of approaches to address a major topic: the Arabic presence in medieval literary and cultural history. This excellent volume will be a touchstone in the field and a valuable collection for both scholars and students."--Martin G. Eisner, Department of Romance Studies, Duke University