The Moor and the Novel [electronic resource] : Narrating Absence in early modern Spain /
Quinn, Mary B.author.
This book reveals fundamental connections between nationalist violence, religious identity, and the origins of the novel in the early modern period. Through fresh interpretations of music, literature, and history it argues that the expulsion of the Muslim population created a historic and artistic aperture that was addressed in new literary forms.
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Musical Examples; Acknowledgements; 1 Muslim Absence as Literary Aperture; Part I: Songs of the Past; 2 Epic Nostalgia: The Ballads of the Cancionero musical de palacio and the Vihuela Songbooks; Cancionero musical de palacio; Vihuela books; Conclusion; 3 The Novel Moor: El Abencerraje and Ginés Pérez de Hita's Guerras civiles de Granada: Historia de los bandos de los Zegríes y los Abencerrajes; El Abencerraje; Guerras civiles de Granada: Historia de los bandos de los Zegríes y los Abencerrajes; Conclusion; Part II: Histories of the Present
4 Marking the Present: Literary Innovation in Ginés Pérez de Hita's La guerra de los moriscosAutobiographies; Letters; Epitaphs; Ballads; Conclusion; 5 Pater and Patria: Cervantes's Muslim Fathers; The year 1609 foreshadowed: fathers and daughters, Part I; The year 1609 reverberated: fathers and daughters, Part II; The modern novel: story or history?; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes index.
This book reveals fundamental connections between nationalist violence, religious identity, and the origins of the novel in the early modern period. Through fresh interpretations of music, literature, and history it argues that the expulsion of the Muslim population created a historic and artistic aperture that was addressed in new literary forms.
Literature, Modern.
History, Modern.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Europe—History.
Fiction.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Modern History.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
European History.
Fiction.