Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. Preface VII
4. Contributors XI
5. Abbreviations of Castro's Works XV
6. PART I: Prologues
7. 1. What 5 in a Name: Americo Castro (y Quesada) 3
8. 2. The Meaning of Spanish Civilization 23
9. 3. The Evolution of Castro's Theories 41
10. PART II: On the Formation of Spain's Vital Structure
11. 4. The Hispano-Arabic World 69
12. 5. The Myth of Saint James and Its Functional Reality 91
13. 6. A Comprehensive View of Medieval Spain 113
14. PART III: On Spain's Age of Conflict
15. 7. The Spanish Jews: Early References and Later Effects 137
16. 8. A New Perspective of Cervantes ' Work 167
17. 9. The Classical Theater and Its Reflection of Life 193
18. PART IV: On the Modern Period
19. 10. The Spanishness of the Eighteenth Century 223
20. 11. An Appraisal of the Immediate Past and Present 239
21. 12. A Parallel Observer and Innovator: José Ortega y Gasset 267
22. PART V: Epilogues
23. 13. The Hispanic Inheritance of Iberoamérica 295
24. 14. A New Model for Hispanic History 309
25. 15. Literature and Historical Insight 317
26. Index 325