1st Edition
Return of the Black Knight Reflections on Africa and the Construction of Medieval European Identity
List of Illustrations
Preface
Part I – The Introduction: Conceptualization and Ways of Knowing
1) Introduction
2) Conceptualization
3) Theory
Part II – Lives and Symbols
4) Literary Interrogation: of “Elephants,” Saracens, and Moors
5) Historical Imagination: The African in Classical Service
6) The African in Romanized Britain
7) Sir Palamedes: The African in Romanized Britain
Part III – Race, Romance, and Empire
8) The Blanching of Britain: Spenser and Scott
9) Wagner: Deracinating the Reich
10) Of What Do Singing Girls Sing?
11) Epilogue: Black Knights, Dark Ladies, Swarthy Knaves
Index
Biography
Maghan Keita is Professor of History and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University. He is the author of numerous scholarly publications including the award-winning Race and the Writing of History: Riddling the Sphinx (2000) and The Political Economy of Healthcare in Senegal (2007).
