Don Quixote among the Saracens: a clash of civilizations and literary genres

"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 amon...

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Beteilige Person: De Armas, Frederick A. 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Toronto [u.a.] Univ. of Toronto Press 2013
Ausgabe:reprinted in paperback
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Zusammenfassung:"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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Umfang:XVI, 237 S. Ill.
ISBN:9781442616011