What Makes Islamic Literature Islamic?

This volume contributes to a vibrant ongoing debate about the degree to which religion is treated as a defining feature of Muslim-majority societies. The first book of its kind focusing on literature from across to Islamic world to explore the question of what the concept of the “Islamic” means, this collection of well-researched and highly readable essays by renowned experts in their fields to examine different time periods, places and languages. Individually and collectively, the essays ask an