Cervantes in Algiers: A Captive's Tale
Garces, Maria Antonia![Cervantes in Algiers: A Captive's Tale](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/167/1674703/CHSBZCOP031674703.jpg)
Cervantes in Algiers offers a comprehensive view of Miguel de Cervantess life as a slave and, particularly, of the lingering effects this traumatic experience had on his literary production. This work also presents the idea that survivors of captivity need to repeat their story in order to survive (an insight invoked from Coleridge to Primo Levi to Dori Laub) explains not only Cervantes's storytelling but also the book that theorizes it so com...