Americo Castro and the Meaning of Spanish Civilization / edited by José R. Barcia and Selma Margaretten.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rubia Barcia, José, editor.

Margaretten, Selma, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--Civilization.

Spain.

Castro, Américo, 1885-1972.

Castro, Américo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1976]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Contributors

Abbreviations of Castro's Works

1. What 5 in a Name: Americo Castro (y Quesada)

2. The Meaning of Spanish Civilization

3. The Evolution of Castro's Theories

4. The Hispano-Arabic World

5. The Myth of Saint James and Its Functional Reality

6. A Comprehensive View of Medieval Spain

7. The Spanish Jews: Early References and Later Effects

8. A New Perspective of Cervantes ' Work

9. The Classical Theater and Its Reflection of Life

10. The Spanishness of the Eighteenth Century

11. An Appraisal of the Immediate Past and Present

12. A Parallel Observer and Innovator: José Ortega y Gasset

13. The Hispanic Inheritance of Iberoamérica

14. A New Model for Hispanic History

15. Literature and Historical Insight

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520336285

0520336283

OCLC:

1153498693