Cervantes in Algiers

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Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826514707
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Cervantes in Algiers written by María Antonia Garcés and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to Spain after fighting in the Battle of Lepanto and other Mediterranean campaigns against the Turks, the soldier Miguel de Cervantes was captured by Barbary pirates and taken captive to Algiers. The five years he spent in the Algerian bagnios or prison-houses (1575-1580) made an indelible impression on his works. From the first plays and narratives written after his release to his posthumous novel, the story of Cervantes's traumatic experience continuously speaks through his writings. Cervantes in Algiers offers a comprehensive view of his life as a slave and, particularly, of the lingering effects this traumatic experience had on his literary production. No work has documented in such vivid and illuminating detail the socio-political world of sixteenth-century Algiers, Cervantes's life in the prison-house, his four escape attempts, and the conditions of his final ransom. Garces's portrait of a sophisticated multi-ethnic culture in Algiers, moreover, is likely to open up new discussions about early modern encounters between Christians and Muslims. By bringing together evidence from many different sources, historical and literary, Garces reconstructs the relations between Christians, Muslims, and renegades in a number of Cervantes's writings. The idea that survivors of captivity need to repeat their story in order to survive (an insight invoked from Coleridge to Primo Levi to Dori Laub) explains not only Cervantes's storytelling but also the book that theorizes it so compellingly. As a former captive herself (a hostage of Colombian guerrillas), the author reads and listens to Cervantes with another ear.

The Bagnios of Algiers and the Great Sultana

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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812222156
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Bagnios of Algiers and the Great Sultana written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English translation of two captivity plays by Cervantes, set in Algiers and Constantinople. Featuring a lively cast of corsairs, captives, and renegades, they offer important insights into early modern Spain's conception of the world of Islam.

The Voyage to Parnassus

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Download or read book The Voyage to Parnassus written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

No Ordinary Man

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Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
ISBN 13 : 072061628X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book No Ordinary Man written by and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography to be aimed at the general reader as much as at students and historians, No Ordinary Man is a fascinating study of the life and work of Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the writer known as the "Spanish Shakespeare" and author of the timeless classic Don Quixote. A renaissance man in all senses of the term, Cervantes was, in his time, an adventurer, spy, soldier, hostage, and creator of the first European novel. This biography is based on the latest original research and incorporates previously unpublished material on Cervantes’ long period of captivity in Algiers, his involvement in piracy in the Mediterranean, espionage, and the Spanish Armada, and his work for the Spanish government. Containing much information never before available in English, No Ordinary Man makes an important contribution to the understanding of this unique literary and historical figure.

Cervantes Street

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Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 161775126X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Book Synopsis Cervantes Street by : Jaime Manrique

Download or read book Cervantes Street written by Jaime Manrique and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the bare bones of Cervantes' life, the author offers an engaging and highly accessible novel about a brilliant, enigmatic man and his epoch.

The Death and Life of Miguel De Cervantes: A Novel

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Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1628720018
Total Pages : 681 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Book Synopsis The Death and Life of Miguel De Cervantes: A Novel by : Stephen Marlowe

Download or read book The Death and Life of Miguel De Cervantes: A Novel written by Stephen Marlowe and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of my death and life, in which fiction and that lesser truth, history, from time to time form a seamless whole. Speaking is the hero of Stephen Marlowe's brilliant new novel. He is Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: son of a barber-surgeon (always on the run from the bill collector), grandson of a converso(a Jew who chose Christianity over the flames of the Spanish Inquisition), adorer of his own sister (who may not have been his sister after all), brother of one of the most famous spies in recorded history (though the records have mysteriously vanished), prisoner in an Algerian dungeon (following capture by Barbary Pirates), friend to a Faustian eunuch astrologer named Cide Hamete Benegeli (whose missing private parts are miraculously regenerating), and, of course, creator of the most celebrated of all fictional historical novels--The Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Don Quixote

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
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Download or read book Don Quixote written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Cervantes

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198742916
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Cervantes by : Aaron M. Kahn

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Cervantes written by Aaron M. Kahn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains seven sections, exploring in depth Cervantes's life and how the trials, tribulations, and hardships endured influenced his writing. Cervantistas from numerous countries, offer their expertise with the most up-to-date research and interpretations to complete this wide-ranging, but detailed, compendium.

The Trade of Algiers

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 227 pages
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Download or read book The Trade of Algiers written by Pamela Adrienne Peek and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Early Modern Dialogue with Islam

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ISBN 13 : 9780268077723
Total Pages : 536 pages
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Book Synopsis Early Modern Dialogue with Islam by : Antonio de Sosa

Download or read book Early Modern Dialogue with Islam written by Antonio de Sosa and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes available in translation a riveting sixteenth-century chronicle of European and North African cultural contacts that is virtually unknown to English-speaking readers. The Topography was written by a Portuguese cleric, Doctor Antonio de Sosa, who was captured by Algerian corsairs in 1577 and held as a Barbary slave for over four years while awaiting ransom. Sosa''s work is a fascinating description of a city at the crossroads of civilizations, with a sophisticated multilingual population of Turks, Arabs, Moriscos, Berbers, Jews, Christian captives, and converts to Islam from across the world.

Dialogue of the Dogs

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Total Pages : 108 pages
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Download or read book Dialogue of the Dogs written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dialogue of the Dogsis an inspired work of psychological observation by the master of the picaresque novel. In it, Cervantes displays all the clarity and warmth that marks the rich prose of Don Quixote.Given the gift of speech for a day, two dogs set about satirizing humans, their supposed superiors. In an exchange reminiscent of the ancient Greek Dialogues, they recount their experiences under their various masters. But whether butcher, constable, merchant, or gypsy, each is decried as corrupt to the core. Through the scathing Berganza and the critical Scipio, Cervantes delivers an ingenious critique of the morality of 16th-century Spain, and a timeless and telling portrayal of the heart of man. Author of the universally known Don Quixote,Miguel de Cervantes is Spain's greatest writer.

The Oxford Handbook of Cervantes

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191060577
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Cervantes written by Aaron M. Kahn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although best known the world over for his masterpiece novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha, published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the antics of the would-be knight-errant and his simple squire only represent a fraction of the trials and tribulations, both in the literary world and in society at large, of this complex man. Poet, playwright, soldier, slave, satirist, novelist, political commentator, and literary outsider, Cervantes achieved a minor miracle by becoming one of the rarest of things in the Early-Modern world of letters: an international best-seller during his lifetime, with his great novel being translated into multiple languages before his death in 1616. The principal objective of The Oxford Handbook of Cervantes is to create a resource in English that provides a fully comprehensive overview of the life, works, and influences of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616). This volume contains seven sections, exploring in depth Cervantes's life and how the trials, tribulations, and hardships endured influenced his writing. Cervantistas from numerous countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, the United States, Canada, and France offer their expertise with the most up-to-date research and interpretations to complete this wide-ranging, but detailed, compendium of a writer not known for much other than his famous novel outside of the Spanish-speaking world. Here we explore his famous novelDon Quixote de la Mancha, his other prose works, his theatrical output, his poetry, his sources, influences, and contemporaries, and finally reception of his works over the last four hundred years.

Don Quixote

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Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1849891567
Total Pages : 1013 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book Don Quixote written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard Strauss. The tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, Sancho Panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day, the 'books of chivalry', this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. Cervantes' greatest work can be enjoyed on many levels, all suffused with a subtle irony that reaches out to encompass the reader.

The Voyage to Parnassus, the Siege of Numantia, and the Treaty of Algiers

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Publisher : Digireads.Com
ISBN 13 : 9781420949728
Total Pages : 194 pages
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Download or read book The Voyage to Parnassus, the Siege of Numantia, and the Treaty of Algiers written by Miguel De Cervantes and published by Digireads.Com. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered by many as the greatest of all Spanish authors, Miguel de Cervantes is most well-known of course for "Don Quixote," a work of such literary impact that its historical importance cannot be understated. Unfortunately Cervantes' other works are often overlooked and characterized as inferior to his masterpiece. While his other writings never gained the popularity of "Don Quixote," he did author several other works that are worthy of consideration. Amongst these are "The Voyage to Parnassus," "The Siege of Numantia," and "The Treaty of Algiers." Considered by some as Cervantes best work next to "Don Quixote," "The Voyage to Parnassus" is a comedic work first published in 1614 which satirizes his lyrical contemporaries. "The Siege of Numantia" is a dramatic tragedy composed around 1582 which follows the tradition of classic ancient Greek and Roman epics like Virgil's "Aeneid" and Lucan's "Pharsalia." Another play, "The Treaty of Algiers," deals with the life of Christian slaves in Algiers and is based on Cervantes' own experiences as a captive of the Moors.

Cautivos

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ISBN 13 : 9781682192290
Total Pages : 191 pages
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Download or read book Cautivos written by Ariel Dorfman and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Set in the last years of the 16th century, Cautivos is a meditation on writing, writers, and creativity. More than that, this short novel is about confinement, both of the mind and of the body, and therefore also about liberation. Then as now, Islam and Christianity were at loggerheads and women found themselves playing new roles, and imprisonment or worse was society's answer to everything from murder to dissent."--

Exemplary Stories

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0140442480
Total Pages : 350 pages
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Download or read book Exemplary Stories written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1972 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even more popular in their day than Don Quixote, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories (1613) surprise, challenge and delight. Ranging from the picaresque to the satirical, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories defy the conventions of heroic chivalric literature through a combination of comic irony, moral ambiguity, realism, and sheer mirth. With acute narrative skill and deft characterisation, drawing on colloquial language and farce, Cervantes creates a tension between the everyday and the literary, the plausible and the improbable. While encouraging us to reach our own moral conclusions, he also persuades us to accept the coincidental and the incredible: two boys indulge their life of crime at a time of public prayer; a young nobleman undergoes a change of identity at the behest of not a princess but a mere gipsy girl, and, most fantastically, talking dogs philosophize in a ward full of syphilitics. By placing the extraordinary within the contexts of the ordinary, the Exemplary Stories chart new novelistic territory and demonstrate Cervantes at his most imaginative and innovative. This new translation captures the full vigour of Cervantes's wit and makes available two rarely printed tales, `The Illustrious Kitchen Maid' and `The Power of Blood'.

Mediterranean Slavery and World Literature

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351967576
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Mediterranean Slavery and World Literature written by Mario Klarer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mediterranean Slavery and World Literature is a collection of selected essays about the transformations of captivity experiences in major early modern texts of world literature and popular media, including works by Cervantes, de Vega, Defoe, Rousseau, and Mozart. Where most studies of Mediterranean slavery, until now, have been limited to historical and autobiographical accounts, this volume looks specifically at literary adaptations from a multicultural perspective.