https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/the-centrality-of-the-muslim-world-to-shakespeare-s-work-57404
On Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 05:04:27 UTC+1, gggg gggg wrote:elsewhere may indeed have given him a certain perspective on his own society. But the idea that Islam or his attitudes are "central" to his work is just another academic developing tunnel vision with regard to his own specialisation.
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/the-centrality-of-the-muslim-world-to-shakespeare-s-work-57404
Massively overstated thesis.
Of course Shakespeare knew about the Muslim world. Just as he knew about the "Indian" (American) world. He refers to both in equal measure. He lived and worked in England's premier international port after all and his limited knowledge of the world
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