Islam and the Divine comedy - Asain Palacios, Miguel 1871-1944.; Sunderland, Harold (London J. Murray, 1926)
The legend of the nocturnal journey and ascension of Mahomet compared with the Divine comedy.--The divine comedy compared with other Moslem legends on the after-life.--Moslem features in the Christian legends precursory of the Divine comedy.--Probability of the transmission of Islamic models to Christian Europe and particularly to Dante.
Translation of La escatologia musulmana en la Divina comedia.
"Bibliographical index": p. 278-287.
Keywords: Dante Alighieri -- 1265-1321 -- Sources; Dante Alighieri -- 1265-1321 -- Knowledge -- Literature; Legends, Islamic; Eschatology; Literature, Comparative -- Arabic and Italian; Literature, Comparative -- Italian and Arabic