Arte y hagiografía, siglos XVI-XX

One of the main purposes behind this book is to reveal which images have come down to us concerning Arabic culture in general and al-Andalus in particular, through translations by Spanish Arabists. This book analyzes the paratexts of a wide-ranging corpus of translations published during the last two centuries by the foremost figures in traditional Spanish Arabism.

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

Según la sabiduría antigua, desde tiempos inmemoriales el oráculo de Delfos era el ombligo del mundo. Situado entre el Parnaso y el Golfo de Corinto, sacerdotes, peregrinos y políticos discernían el pasado, el presente y el futuro de la antigua Grecia y más allá de sus confines. Los oráculos, como las prácticas adivinatorias en general, constituían un elemento vital en el cotidiano de la cosmopolítica griega. A partir de un exhaustivo estudio sobre la historia intelectual moderna de la adivinación como superstición y pensamiento irracional, este libro se ocupa de revisar los...

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