| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 251 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Landscapes of the imagination |
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Landscapes of the imagination.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The garden of earthly delights : excavating the past in Andalucía -- pt. 1. Iberia : from prehistory to the visigoths -- Gardens of stone : caves and cave dwellers -- Tartessos : land of ivory, apes and peacocks -- La dama de Baza : deities of life and death -- Gadir/Cádiz : first city in Europe -- The heavenly cities of Baetica : Roman Andalucía -- Vandalucia : visigoths and early christianity -- pt. 2. Al-Andalus : from invasion to the fall of Granada -- Tariq's rock : the creation of Al-Andalus -- The blackbird of Baghdad : Ali ibn-Nafi and the invention of rock'n'roll -- Taming a wilderness : Madinat Al-Zahra -- The library of Babel : Christians, Jews, Muslims and la convivencia -- Two gentlemen of Córdoba : Averroës, Maimonides, and the consolations of philosophy -- pt. 3. España : from reconquest to the twenty-first century -- 1492 : the fall of Granada -- Taking the garden indoors : Velázquez and the landscape artists of Andalucía -- Nights in the gardens of Spain : the romantic era fabricates "Andalusia" -- The Picasso century : cubism, abstraction and post-modernism in Andaluz art -- Englishmen abroad : the curious history of anglophone writers in Andalucía -- Federico Garcia Lorca's last night on earth : Andaluz writers writing Andalucía -- Death in the afternoon : Hemingway, Ordoñez and the corrida -- The shrimp from the island : by cab from Ziryab's garden to the mosh pits of Granada -- La Franja ("the fringe") : excavating the future in Andalucía |
| Summary |
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: The Garden of Earthly Delights Part One: Iberia: From Prehistory to the Visigoths 1. Gardens of Stone 2. Tartessos 3. La Dama de Baza (Deities of Death) 4. Gadir/Cadiz 5. The Heavenly Cities of Baetica 6. Vandalucia Part Two: Al-Andalus: From Invasion to the Fall of Granada 7. Tariq's Rock 8. The Blackbird of Baghdad 9. Taming a Wilderness 10. The Library of Babel 11. Two Gentlemen of Cordoba Parr Three: Espana: From Reconquest to the Twenty-First Century 12. 1492 13. Taking the Garden Indoors 14. Nights in the Gardens of Spain 15 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Civilization.
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| SUBJECT |
Andalusia (Spain) -- History
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Andalusia (Spain) -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93006077
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Spain -- Andalusia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008024530 |
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