"The Abencerraje" : and "Ozmín and Daraja" : two sixteenth-century novellas from Spain / edited and translated by Barbara Fuchs, Larissa Brewer-García, and Aaron J. Ilika
Chronology -- Introduction -- "The Abencerraje" -- "Ozmín and Daraja" / Alemán, Mateo -- Moorish Ballads -- From Civil Wars of Granada / Pérez de Hita, Ginés -- Edicts and Official Documents Concerning the Moriscos -- Edict Ordering the Newly Converted to Change Their Dress -- From "A Petition to the Court" / Núñez Muley, Francisco -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments
Summary
Faithfully translated into modern, accessible English, "The Abencerraje" and "Ozmín and Daraja" offer rich imaginings of life on the Christian-Muslim frontier and reveal early modern Spain's profound fascination with the Moorish culture that was officially denounced and persecuted
