Cervantes in Algiers: A Captive's Tale

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Cervantes in Algiers A CAPTIVE’S TALE Cervantes in Algiers A CAPTIVE’S TALE María Antonia Garcés Vanderbilt University Press NASHVILLE © 2002 Vanderbilt University Press All rights reserved First edition 2002 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America 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 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garces, Maria Antonia. Cervantes in Algiers : a captive’s tale / Maria Antonia Garces.— 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. isbn 0-8265-1406-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616—Captivity, 1575–1580. 2. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547–1616— Knowledge—Algeria. 3. Algeria—History—1516–1830. 4. Islam—Relations—Christianity I. Title. pq6338.a6g37 2002 863'.3—dc21 2002004335 To the memory of my beloved son Álvaro José Lloreda Garcés, December 29, 1962–March 17, 1988 Farewell, thou child of my right hand and joy! My sin was too much hope of thee, lov’d boy. —Ben Jonson, “On My First Son” ...