Christian-Islamic Relations in Dante and Chaucer: Reflections on Recent Catholicism
- Author / Editor
- Burns, Nicholas.
Christian-Islamic Relations in Dante and Chaucer: Reflections on Recent Catholicism
- Published
- Joan F. Hallisey and Mary-Anne Vetterling, eds. Proceedings: Northeast Regional Meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature (Weston, Mass.: Regis College, [1996]), pp. 19-24.
- Description
- Unlike modern thinkers who pose Islam as an "Other" in opposition to Christianity, Dante and Chaucer depict the continuities of the two religions. In "Divine Comedy," Dante disapproves of Islam but incorporates it into his cosmic scheme. In MLT, CHaucer presents Islam and Anglo-Saxon paganism as "paired marginalities," bridging the two in his use of the name "Alla."
- Alternative Title
- Proceedings: Northeast Regional Meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.