Don Quixote Among the Saracens : A Clash of Civilizations and Literary Genres /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Armas, Frederick A., 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, > 1547-1616.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, > 1547-1616 > Technique.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, > 1547-1616. > Don Quixote.
Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)
Technique.
Saracens in literature.
Culture conflict in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Conflit culturel dans la litterature.
Musulmans dans la litterature.
Muslims in literature.
Culture shock in literature.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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