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

De Armas, Frederick A., 1945-
2011
PQ6353 .D37 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Don Quixote among the Saracens : a clash of civilizations and literary genres / Frederick A. de Armas.
Author
De Armas, Frederick A., 1945-
ISBN
9781442643451
1442643455
Published
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Description
xvi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
PQ6353 .D37 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
863/.3
Summary
"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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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I. Pillars of Genre/Ghosts of Empire: An Introduction
II. A Pythagorean Parody of Chivalry
III. Questioning Quaternities
IV. An Arab's Audacious Pastoral
V. Magics of the Defeated
VI. Clues to a Narrative
VII. Greek Interlace
Italian Interweaving
VIII. Palinurus and the Pleiades
IX. Don Quixote among the Saracens
X. Thymos and its Chariot

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