Saracens and the making of English identity : the Auchinleck manuscript - Calkin, Siobhain Bly, 1973- (New York : Routledge, 2005)
The perils of proximity: Saracen knights, sameness, and differentiation -- Saracens and she-wolves: foreign consorts and group identity -- Monstrous intermingling and miraculous conversion: negotiating cultural borders in the King of Tars -- Saracens and English Christian identity in Seynt Katerine and Seynt Mergrete -- Saracens, Englishness, and productive violence in Of Arthour and Of Merlin.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.
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Keywords: Auchinleck manuscript; English literature -- Islamic influences; Islam and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.; National characteristics, English, in literature; Romances, English -- History and criticism; Romances, English -- Manuscripts; Manuscripts, Medieval -- England; Manuscripts, English (Middle); Saracens in literature; Crusades in literature; Islamic Empire -- Foreign public opinion, English; Islamic Empire -- In literature; Electronic books