The Rewriting of History in Amin Maalouf's The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

This paper analyzes the narrative strategies that shape Maalouf's rewriting of the history of the Crusades, examines why considerations of the problems inherent to the historiographical act are relegated to the background, and how Maalouf links his text to politics contemporary to its writing....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carine Bourget
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 2006-06-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol30/iss2/3