by Jon Juaristi · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467013856
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«El reino del ocaso: España como sueño ancestral» is the historical essay by Jon Juaristi, published by Espasa in 2004 in paperback (343 pages, in Spanish).
In this essay, Juaristi examines the tradition of the Spanish imaginary in the Middle Ages and the origin myths of Spain, many of them stemming from Arab culture. He traces the formation, development, and dissolution of these myths from medieval chronicles and legends to contemporary literature, in an inquiry into the construction of Spanish identity.
First edition with bibliographic references (pp. 313-329) and index.
For readers interested in the history of Spain, the construction of national identity, and the historical essay.
