Islam in Spanish literature : : from the Middle Ages to the present / / by Luce López-Baralt ; translated by Andrew Hurley.

• VerfasserIn: López Baralt, Luce,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hurley, Andrew, 1944-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 1992.
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 323 pages) :; illustrations

Islam in Spanish Literature is a sweeping reinterpretation of Spanish literature, taking as its given the enormous debt to Arab culture that Spain incurred through the eight centuries of Islamic presence on the Iberian Peninsula. This volume takes up the thread of the work of the Arabist Miguel Asmn Palacios, the first to comment extensively upon the marked Islamic features in many Spanish classics. After an initial survey of the presence of Islam and Judaism in Spanish history and culture, succeeding chapters explore the Muslim context of Juan Ruiz, the author of the "Libro de buen amor; St John of the Cross; St Teresa de Jesus; the anonymous sonnet "No me mueve, mi Dios"; "aljamiado-morisco literature and then "official" Moorophile literature, standing in such dramatic contrast to one another; and last, the novelist Juan Goytisolo, who, writing today, continues to reflect upon the impact of the East on Spanish culture. It is no exaggeration to state that this book redefines the ground of the study of Spanish literature; it will be hard for the contemporary reader ever again to read it with innocence, as a literature exclusively "European".

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Qualified Westernness of Spain -- 2. On the Astrological Sign of the Archpriest of Hita -- 3. On the Genesis of the "Solitary Bird" of St John of the Cross -- 4. Santa Teresa and Islamic Mysticism: The Symbol of the Seven Castles of the Soul -- 5. Anonymity and Possible Islamic Mystical Roots for the Sonnet "No me mueve, mi Dios, para quererte" -- 6. A Chronicle of the Destruction of a World: Moorish Aljamiado Literature -- 7. The Two Sides of the Coin: The Moor in Spanish Renaissance Literature -- 8. Toward a "mudejar" reading of Juan Goytisolo's Makbara.