The Crescent and the Rose: Islam and England during the Renaissance
New York: Octagon Books, 1974. Second Octagon Printing. Hardcover. Rich, navy blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering and design. xviii + 583 pp. with bw frontis and 15 additional bw illustrations. VG- (Clean and tight with light shelf wear; art school ex-lib. with usual marks). Item #157659
Samuel Chew’s The Crescent and the Rose: Islam and England during the Renaissance was published in 1937 during the Arab revolt against British colonial rule in Palestine from 1936 to 1939. Chew’s work analyzes images of Muslims in England, but often reproduces the stereotypes in the early modern English images he describes of Muslims as violent and aggressive. The tone in Chews work, and its reviews at the time of publication, belie a wariness of Muslims and Islam that alludes to fears that might have been particularly pronounced because of the Arab revolt.
OCLC: 398386
Price: $75.00