The Islamic lineage of American literary culture Muslim sources from the Revolution to Reconstruction Einboden, Jeffrey creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. nyu 2016 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) Uncovering Islam's formative impact on U.S. literary origins, this book traces the influence of Arabic and Persian literature in America, from the Revolution beginnings to Reconstruction. Focusing on informal engagements and intimate exchanges, Jeffrey Einboden excavates fresh witnesses to early American engagement with the Muslim world. "Blessed be Allah, most fair": Ezra Stiles' Arabic revolutions -- "I most sincerely wish an Arabic manuscript of the Koran": -- William Bentley's Islamic archives -- "Intermingled with texts of the Koran": Washington Irving's Moorish renovations -- "To look at the Koran through his spectacles": The Muslim progress of Lydia Maria Child -- "He knows the Koran by heart": The Sufi circulations of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Jeffrey Einboden. Includes bibliographical references and index. American literature 19th century Islamic influences Littérature américaine 19e siècle Influence islamique LITERARY CRITICISM American General 1800-1899 fast PR129.I75 E46 2016 810.9/38297 Islamic lineage of American literary culture Einboden, Jeffrey. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016] (DLC) 2015050061 (OCoLC)933386130 9780199397822 0199397821 9780199397815 0199397813 9780199397808 0199397805 9780190612931 0190612932 2015050061 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/10379 YDX 161004 20260319162730.1 in00005713751 eng