Crossing Borders

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Amer, Sahar.

Crossing borders : love between women in medieval French and Arabic literatures / Sahar Amer.

p. cm. — (The Middle Ages series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-4087-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. French literature—To 1500—History and criticism. 2. Arabic literature—History and criticism. 3. Lesbians in literature. I. Title.

PQ155.L47A44 2008

840.9`3526643—dc22

2008000401