title: The Literature of Al-Andalus (The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature)
author: Menocal/Scheindlin/Sells
description: "<br /><br />"Chapters are informative, thoughtful and well-written." Times Literary Supplement<br /><br />"The quality of the writing throughout the volume is superb, and the interdisciplinary and pluricultural approaches of the collected essays make for fascinating, enjoyable reading." La Coronica<br /><br />"The editors have created a multidimensional tapestry, aptly reflecting the rich, complex, intertwined culture of Al- Andalus." Reference Reviews (UK)<br /><br />"The editors of this installment of the Cmabridge History of Arabic Literature are to be commended for their broad and inclusive view of the languages and literatures of Andalusia. Covering the ninth to the early nineteenth centuries, they trace some of the creative intersections and confluenceof Arabic, Hebrew and Spanish, as well as of architecture and music." MESA Bulletin<br /><br />"...straightforward and clear...very helpful as a reference work for understanding a subject that is significant..." Comitatus<br /><br />"A sound and detailed introduction of enormous utility." Speculum
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](html/Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Front Matter](html/484419_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Part I. Al-Andalus Beyond al-Andalus: The Maghreb and the Mashriq](html/Part_1.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [1\. From the Islamic West to Cairo: Malikism, Ibn Tūmart, al-Ghazālī and al-Qāḍī ‘Iyāḍ’s Death](html/484419_1_En_1_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [2\. The “Bestsellers” of al-Andalus](html/484419_1_En_2_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [3\. Spolia and Classical Revivals in Legitimacy Discourses: From Cordoba to the Mamluk Mosques of Cairo](html/484419_1_En_3_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Part II. Andalusi Legacy in Medieval Christian Art](html/Part_2.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [4\. Visual Traits of Otherness: Figurative Resources Used in the Depiction of Muslims in Mediterranean Romanesque Sculpture](html/484419_1_En_4_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [5\. Islamicate Goods in Gothic Halls: The Nachleben of Palma de Mallorca’s Islamic Past](html/484419_1_En_5_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [6\. Granada and Castile in the Shared Context of the 