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Vincent Barletta
The first cultural analysis of the secret literature of Spain’s last Muslim communities.
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Though Alexander the Great lived more than 17 centuries before the onset of Iberian expansion into Muslim Africa and Asia, he loomed large in the literature of late medieval and…
Vincent Barletta traces an alternate history of rhythm theory, one linked not to repetition and temporality, as most of us understand the term, but rather to form, ethics, and the…
Francisco Nunez Muley
Conquered in 1492 and colonized by invading Castilians, the city and kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers throughout the first half of the sixteenth century. This…
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The kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers including conversion of its native Muslim population. This title attempts to lodge a protest against assimilationist laws that required…
With helpful annotations to the poetry, as well as a selected bibliography containing the most important editions and translations from all three of the main Iberian languages, this volume is…
With a generous selection of more than one hundred poems from thirty three poets, this title in its coverage of three main languages - Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish - and…
Antonio Vieira
The first collection of writings in English from the most important Brazilian and Portuguese writer of the Baroque period, with translation by Gregory Rabassa
This book explores the relationship between Portuguese literature and the environment from medieval times to the present. Contributors examine how Portuguese writers engage with the environment not only to prompt…
Repetition is constitutive of human life. Unlike simple recall, repetition is permeated by the past and the present and is oriented toward the future. This book investigates the significance of…