Cervantes' exemplary fictions : a study of the Novelas ejemplares /

The Novelas ejemplares of Cervantes are among the undoubted masterpieces of Renaissance literature, yet their particular appeal, both for their author's contemporaries and for today's readers, has often been misunderstood. Thomas Hart, in his persuasive new analysis, argues for a fresh int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hart, Thomas R
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1994
Lexington, Ky. : c1994
Lexington, Ky. : 1994
Series:Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 36
Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) 36
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Teaching by Example
  • 2. Exemplary Adventures: La gitanilla and La ilustre fregona
  • 3. Vying with Heliodorus: El amante liberal
  • 4. Double-Voiced Discourse: Rinconete y Cortadillo
  • 5. Frustrated Expectations: El celoso extremeno
  • 6. Renaissance Dialogue into Novella: El coloquio de los perros.