Pascual de Gayangos : a nineteenth-century Spanish Arabist / edited by Cristina Álvarez Millán and Claudia Heide.

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9780748635481
0748635483
1282059017
9781282059016
9780748653140
0748653147
9786612059018
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pascual de Gayangos.DDC classification:

909.0974927 22

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DS37.5.P37 P3 2008eb

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Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Abbreviations; Illustrations; Section I: Introduction; 1 The Life of Pascual de Gayangos 1809-1897; 2 Gayangos and the World of Politics; Section II: Arabism; 3 The Estranged Self of Spain; 4 Scholarship and Criticism; Section III: Gayangos in the English-Speaking World; 5 Gayangos in the English Context; 6 Gayangos: Prescott's Most Indispensable Aide; 7 Más ven cuatro ojos que dos; 8 Gayangos and the Boston Brahmins; Section IV: Gayangos and Material Culture; 9 Pascual de Gayangos: A Scholarly Traveller; 10 Gayangos's Legacy

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Summary: Pascual de Gayangos (1809-97) celebrated Spanish Orientalist and polymath, is recognised as the father of the modern school of Arabic studies in Spain. He gave Islamic Spain its own voice, for the first time representing Spain's 'other' from 'within' not from without. This collection, the first major study of Gayangos, celebrates the 200th anniversary of his birth. Covering a wide range of subjects, it reflects the multiple fields in which Gayangos was involved: scholarship on the culture of Islamic and Christian Spain; history, literature, art; conservation and preservation of national heritage; formation of archives and collections; education; tourism; diplomacy and politics. Amalgamating and understanding Gayangos's multiple identities, it reinstates his importance for cultural life in nineteenth-century Spain, Britain and North America. It is also argued that Gayangos's scholarly achievements and his influence have a political dimension. His work must be seen in relation to the quest for a national identity which marked the nineteenth century: what was the significance of Spain's Islamic past, and the Imperial Golden Age to the culture of modern Spain? The chapters, informed by post-colonial theory, reception theory and theories of national identity, uncover some of the complexities of the process that shaped Spain's national identity. In the course of this book, Gayangos is shown to be a figure with many facets and several intellectual lives: Arabist, historian, liberal, researcher, editor, numismatist, traveller, translator, diplomat, perhaps a spy, a generous collaborator and one of Spain's greatest bibliophiles.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index.

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Pascual de Gayangos (1809-97) celebrated Spanish Orientalist and polymath, is recognised as the father of the modern school of Arabic studies in Spain. He gave Islamic Spain its own voice, for the first time representing Spain's 'other' from 'within' not from without. This collection, the first major study of Gayangos, celebrates the 200th anniversary of his birth. Covering a wide range of subjects, it reflects the multiple fields in which Gayangos was involved: scholarship on the culture of Islamic and Christian Spain; history, literature, art; conservation and preservation of national heritage; formation of archives and collections; education; tourism; diplomacy and politics. Amalgamating and understanding Gayangos's multiple identities, it reinstates his importance for cultural life in nineteenth-century Spain, Britain and North America. It is also argued that Gayangos's scholarly achievements and his influence have a political dimension. His work must be seen in relation to the quest for a national identity which marked the nineteenth century: what was the significance of Spain's Islamic past, and the Imperial Golden Age to the culture of modern Spain? The chapters, informed by post-colonial theory, reception theory and theories of national identity, uncover some of the complexities of the process that shaped Spain's national identity. In the course of this book, Gayangos is shown to be a figure with many facets and several intellectual lives: Arabist, historian, liberal, researcher, editor, numismatist, traveller, translator, diplomat, perhaps a spy, a generous collaborator and one of Spain's greatest bibliophiles.

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