Don Quixote Among the Saracens : : A Clash of Civilizations and Literary Genres / / Frederick A. de Armas.

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2011
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • 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