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''The Abencerraje'' and ''Ozmín and Daraja'': two sixteenth-century novellas from Spain

✍ Scribed by Fuchs, Barbara; Brewer-Garcia, Larissa; Ilika, Aaron J.

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Weight: 110 KB
Edition: 1st ed
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 0812246330

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✦ Synopsis

"Contextualized with a detailed introduction, along with contemporary legal documents, polemics, and ballads, "The Abencerraje" and "Ozmín and Daraja" reveals early modern Spain's profound fascination with the Moorish culture that was officially denounced and persecuted. By recalling the intimate and sympathetic bonds that often connected Christians to the heritage of Al-Andalus, these tales of romance and companionship offer a nuanced view of relationships across a religious divide"--Jacket.;Chronology -- Introduction -- "The Abencerraje" -- "Ozmin and Daraja" / Mateo Aleman -- Moorish Ballads -- From Gines Perez de Hita, Civil Wars of Granada -- Edicts and Official Documents Concerning the Moriscos -- From Francisco Nunez Muley, "A Petition to the Court" -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments.

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