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Book SynopsisCombining a rich depiction of historical customs with genuine admiration for the Muslim legacy of Andalucia, El ferí de Benastepar is a previously unknown novel by Spanish writer José Miguel Hué y Camacho (1803-1841) that relates the doomed romance between Castilian lady Elvira de Castro and the eponymous ferí de Benastepar, Abenamet, a morisco chief.
Trade ReviewThis previously unedited novel is a significant contribution to our knowledge of nineteenth-century writers like Miguel Hué y Camacho who opted to reimagine the relations between Christians and Moors during the Morisco rebellions following the fall of Granada. Luckily, El ferí de Benastepar has found itself in the capable hands of editors Javier Muñoz de Morales Galiana and Daniel Muñoz Sempere, who offer us a wide window into the originality and multiple sources of the novel. -- Lou Charnon-Deutsch * Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University *
Table of ContentsIntroducción Autoría de la novela: José Miguel Hué y Camacho, 'el Andaluz' (1803-1841) Fuentes de la novela: El orientalismo romántico y la segunda vida de la novela morisca Temas, estructura y personajes Amor romántico y literatura fronteriza Nota al texto El ferí de Benastepar, o los moros de Sierra Bermeja
