Islam in Spanish literature
Subtitle: from the Middle Ages to the present
By: by Luce López-Baralt ; translated by Andrew Hurley.
Publisher: Brill; Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Leiden; New York; San Juan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Spanish literature -- Arab influences; Literature, Comparative -- Spanish and Arabic; Literature, Comparative -- Arabic and Spanish; Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-314) and index.
Translation of: Huellas del Islam en la literatura española.