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Best known today as the author of __Don Quixote__―one of the most beloved and widely read novels in the Western tradition―Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) was a poet and a playwright as well. After some early successes on the Madrid stage in the 1580s, his theatrical career was interrupted by other literary efforts. Yet, eager to prove himself as a playwright, shortly before his death he published a collection of his later plays before they were ever performed. With their depiction of captives in North Africa and at the Ottoman court, two of these, "The Bagnios of Algiers" and "The Great Sultana," draw heavily on Cervantes's own experiences as a captive, and echo important episodes in __Don Quixote__. They are set in a Mediterranean world where Spain and its Muslim neighbors clashed repeatedly while still remaining in close contact, with merchants, exiles, captives, soldiers, and renegades frequently crossing between the two sides. The plays provide revealing insights into Spain's complex perception of the world of Mediterranean Islam. Despite their considerable literary and historical interest, these two plays have never before been translated into English. This edition pr

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Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812207903

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

3.5 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14