Between Arabic Letters, History and Enlightenment: The Emergence of Spanish Literary Nation in Juan Andrés
Niccolò Guasti
The culture of the eighteenth century played a crucial role in proposing positive image Islam. Valencian Jesuit Juan Andrés was particularly engaged this re-evaluation Arab order to stress how much Iberian Arabs had contributed renaissance Western and civilisation. In his treaty Dell’origine, progressi e stato attuale d’ogni letteratura (1782-1799) committed himself outlining specific elements Medieval nurtured by Spanish between ninth thirteenth centuries. His interpretation on Al-Andalus concealed «patriotic» intent, namely that glorifying historical Spain (rather than Italy or France) development European literary canon.
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