Islam and the Divine Comedy

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Title

Islam and the Divine Comedy

Subject

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia -- Sources
Islamic legends -- History and criticism
Islamic eschatology in literature
Comparative literature -- Arabic and Italian
Comparative literature -- Italian and Arabic

Creator

Miguel Asin Palacios

Table Of Contents

The legend of the noctornal journey and ascension of Mahomet compared with the Divine comedy -- The Divine comedy compared with other Moslem legends on the after-life -- Moslem features in the Christian legends precursory of the Divine comedy -- Probability of the transmission of Islamic models to Christian Europe and particularly to Dante.

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Citation

Miguel Asin Palacios, “Islam and the Divine Comedy,” Humanities Hub, accessed December 21, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/1195.