Cervantes in Algiers : a captive's tale
"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."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2002
Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, 2002
History
xvi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780826514066, 9780826514707, 0826514065, 0826514707
49404445
Cervantes : trauma and captivity
The Barbary corsairs
Writing Algiers : masters, slaves, and renegades
Staging captivity : El trato de Argel
An erotics of creation : la historia del cautivo
"Anudando este roto hilo" (tying up this broken thread)
Frontispiece: Detail from La Ciudad de Argel [The City of Algiers] (c. 1700) N.A. Reprinted by permission of Servicio de Publicaciones de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional. Text design: Dariel Mayer.
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