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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick A. de Armas, Frederick A. de Armas, Frederick Alfred De Armas, Frederick A. de Armas, Not Available
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2011
• EAN: 9781442643451
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4345-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies