... 's turn to Leo's writing and history in fact challenges the occlusion of Leo's contribution to the earlier join production. Maalouf's novel has Leo's work distinctly in mind, taking as its epigraph a line from the "Leo Africanus" manuscript, and the collaboration between Maalouf and Leo Africanus, in which the former builds upon the writing and life narrative of the latter, accomplishes several ... sink of images, Maalouf calls up Leo Africanus and makes his image one that crosses political and cultural borders. The line from Leo's manuscript on which Maalouf settles for his epigraph is ...

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• Approx Pages: 19
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate