The Literature of Al‐Andalus

The Literature of Al‐Andalus edited by Maria Rosa Menocal (Yale), Raymond P. Scheindlin (Jewish Theological Seminary) and Michael Sells (Haverford), of the Cambridge History of Arabic Literature series, states right from the start that it is very different from the other volumes in the series. The Literature of Al‐Andalus does not confine itself to literature, nor does it confine itself to the Arabic language, as its focus is the confluence, the convivencia of cultures, religions and ethnicities making up Andalusia, al‐Andalus being the Arabic name for the Iberian peninsula under Muslim rule. Its focus is a time of “unusually strong...