{"product_id":"muhammad-in-europe-minou-reeves-9780814775646","title":"Muhammad in Europe: A Thousand Years of Western Myth-Making","description":"\u003cp\u003eGenerations of Western writers--from the Crusades to the present day--have written portraits claiming to depict the life and personality of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Over the course of thirteen centuries, stubbornly biased and consistently negative representations have persisted, presenting images which bear no resemblance to the noble man familiar to Muslims. \u003cb\u003eMuhammad in Europe\u003c\/b\u003e traces this consistent tradition of distortion and provides an account of the reasons behind it.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on works dating from the Middle Ages to the last decade of the twentieth century and spanning Latin, Italian, French, German, and English language sources, the book culminates with a critical analysis of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Minou Reeves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814775640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814775646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Minou Reeves","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980605718783,"sku":"9780814775646","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8173191f-853b-4fdc-96da-595ba8fa35a5.jpg?v=1683250863","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/muhammad-in-europe-minou-reeves-9780814775646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}