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The Myth of the Myth of the Andalusian Paradise

By: S.J. Pearce | Iberian-connections.yale.edu Since Washington Irving’s embassy to Spain (1826-1829) and his subsequent publication of stories and essays collected under the title “Tales of the Alhambra”, American readers, artists, and politicians have imagined and drawn inspiration from the medieval period of Spain’s history—before Spain was Spain as such. Anglophone fascination has continued through the contemporary period, often standing…

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A Classic Visit to the Alhambra

PALACE OF THE ALHAMBRA From Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving TO the traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical and poetical, so inseparably intertwined in the annals of romantic Spain, the Alhambra is as much an object of devotion as is the Caaba to all true Moslems. How many legends and traditions, true and fabulous,—how many songs…

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