Islamic Lineage of American Literary Culture

Uncovering Islam''s little known yet formative impact on U.S. literary culture, this book traces genealogies of Islamic influence that span America''s earliest generations, reaching from the Revolution to Reconstruction. Excavating personal appeals to Islam by pioneering national authors-Ezra Stiles, William Bentley, Washington Irving, Lydia Maria Child, Ralph Waldo Emerson-Einboden discovers Musl...