Investigates how, in epics of the Crusade era, the daughters of the black devil Saracens turned out white, gentle, and often married to the European knight hero at the end of the tale. Especially loo
This work studies two medieval translations of Aesop's fables, one in Latin (1497) and one in vernacular Italian (1526), with a close examination of how each translation reflected its audience and it
This original critical study examines the significance of mythology for contemporary black women writers. It illustrates the narrative strategies used to elucidate themes of mythmaking in such writers
