Muslim Poets under a Christian King
An Intertextual Reevaluation of Sicilian Arabic Literature under Roger II (1112–54) (Part I)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12427596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathaniel A Miller (University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 182-209 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mediterranean Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1074-164X • E-ISSN: 2161-4741 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/mediterraneanstu.27.2.0182 |
| OpenAlex | W2994114172 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Throughout the twelfth century, a number of Arabic-speaking Muslims produced poetry in the court of the Normans of Sicily. This article examines literary figures active under Roger II in the context of their interlocutors, professional colleagues, and other contemporaries around the western Mediterranean and North Africa. It argues that, in this context, most of the Sicilian Arab literary figures were only secondarily poets, their primary role being within a chancery or other administrative milieu, and that they continued to assert an undiminished Islamic identity, although living under Christian rule. This identity is mirrored in the intertextual play on topoi (maʿānī) found in Sicilian Arabic poetry, which was heavily engaged with cultural activity around the Mediterranean
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Arabic · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Identity (music · Intertextuality · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Sicilian · Topos theory · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Medieval History and Crusades · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |