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Don Quixote among the Saracens : a clash of civilizations and literary genres / Frederick A. de Armas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2011.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442696105
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PQ6353 .D667 2011
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Ghosts of Empire: An Introduction; 2. A Pythagorean Parody of Chivalry; 3 Questioning Quaternities; 4. An Arab's Audacious Pastoral; 5. Magics of the Defeated; 6. Clues to a Narrative; 7. Greek Interlace / Italian Interweaving; 8. Palinurus and the Pleiades; 9. Don Quixote among the Saracens; 10. Thymos and the Chariot; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
Awards:
  • Recipient of an honorable mention for literature from the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence.
Subject: "The fictional Don Quixote was constantly defeated in his knightly adventures. In writing Quixote's story, however, Miguel Cervantes succeeded in a different kind of quest - the creation of a modern novel that 'conquers' and assimilates countless literary genres. Don Quixote among the Saracens considers how Cervantes's work reflects the clash of civilizations and anxieties towards cultural pluralism that permeated Golden Age Spain.Subject: Frederick A. de Armas unravels an essential mystery of one of world literature's best known figures: why Quixote sets out to revive knight errantry, and why he comes to feel at home only among the Moorish 'Saracens,' a people whom Quixote feared at the beginning of the novel. De Armas also reveals Quixote's inner conflicts as both a Christian who vows to battle the infidel, but also a secret Saracen sympathizer. While delving into genre theory, Don Quixote among the Saracens adds a new dimension to our understandings of Spain's multicultural history."--pub. desc.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface; 1. Pillars of Genre / Ghosts of Empire: An Introduction; 2. A Pythagorean Parody of Chivalry; 3 Questioning Quaternities; 4. An Arab's Audacious Pastoral; 5. Magics of the Defeated; 6. Clues to a Narrative; 7. Greek Interlace / Italian Interweaving; 8. Palinurus and the Pleiades; 9. Don Quixote among the Saracens; 10. Thymos and the Chariot; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

"The fictional Don Quixote was constantly defeated in his knightly adventures. In writing Quixote's story, however, Miguel Cervantes succeeded in a different kind of quest - the creation of a modern novel that 'conquers' and assimilates countless literary genres. Don Quixote among the Saracens considers how Cervantes's work reflects the clash of civilizations and anxieties towards cultural pluralism that permeated Golden Age Spain.

Frederick A. de Armas unravels an essential mystery of one of world literature's best known figures: why Quixote sets out to revive knight errantry, and why he comes to feel at home only among the Moorish 'Saracens,' a people whom Quixote feared at the beginning of the novel. De Armas also reveals Quixote's inner conflicts as both a Christian who vows to battle the infidel, but also a secret Saracen sympathizer. While delving into genre theory, Don Quixote among the Saracens adds a new dimension to our understandings of Spain's multicultural history."--pub. desc.

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Recipient of an honorable mention for literature from the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence.

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