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Burshatin, Israel. “The Moor in the Text: Metaphor, Emblem, and Silence.” Critical Inquiry 12, no. 1 (1985): 98–118.
Theorizes the image of people of Islamic faith in Spanish literature during the 16th and 17th century. Burshatin describes the image of people of Islamic faith in two medieval chronicles to illuminate the role of the “Moor” in Iberian discourse. Examines the representation of the “Moor” in text through metaphor, emblem, fictional compilers, and silence.
