Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery

by Matar, Nabil

• ISBN13: 9780231110143
• ISBN10: 0231110146
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

This revised and updated edition of the Wallflower Critical Guide encompasses the careers of up to 600 directors that have worked within the North American film industry, including Canada, since the early 1990s. This edition features new or revised material on 150 directors, and includes coverage of mainstream luminaries such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Robert Altman, independent mavericks like Hal Hartley and Jim Jarmusch, and innovative emerging talents including Todd Field (In the Bedroom), David Gordon Green (George Washington) and Marc Forster (Monster's Ball). This volume thus continues to be a unique reference to the changing dynamics of the world's most consumed cinema.

Author Biography

Nabil Matar is a professor of English and the department head at the Florida Institute of Technology

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	3	(16)
Turks and Moors in England	19	(24)
Soldiers, Pirates, Traders, and Captives: Britons Among the Muslims	43	(40)
The Renaissance Triangle: Britons, Muslims, and American Indians	83	(26)
Sodomy and Conquest	109	(20)
Holy Land, Holy War	129	(40)
Conclusion: Britons, Muslims, and the Shadow of the American Indians	169	(12)
Appendix A: English Captivity Accounts, 1577--1704	181	(4)
Appendix B: The Journey of the first Levantine to America	185	(8)
Appendix C: Ahmad bin Qasim on Sodomy	193	(2)
Notes	195	(36)
Bibliography	231	(26)
Index (Prepared by Marilyn Goravitch)	257