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Alberto Sánchez
After a critical overview of recent biographies of Cervantes, this article focuses on scholarship concerning the crucially important five years Cervantes spent as a captive in Algiers, examining such controversial issues as: Was Cervantes a converso? Was he a homosexual? Why did Cervantes's master Hasan Pasha spare his life after he attempted to escape? To what extent was Cervantes influenced by Muslim culture?
