| Description |
1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Gendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 3 |
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Gendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The Iberian Chivalric romance has long been thought of as an archaic, masculine genre and its popularity as an aberration in European literary history. 'Chivalry, Reading, and Women's Culture in Early Modern Spain' contests this view, arguing that the surprisingly egalitarian gender politics of Spain's most famous romance of chivalry has guaranteed it a long afterlife. 'Amadís' had a notorious appeal for female audiences, and the early modern authors who borrowed from it varied in their reactions to its large cast of literate female characters. 'Don Quixote', and other works that situate women as readers, carry the influence of 'Amadís' forward into the modern novel. This book analyses many versions of the romance from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and England and tells a new story of the life, death, and influences of 'Amadís'. When imitators and translators read chivalric romance, they also read gender, harnessing the female characters of the source text to a variety of political and aesthetic purposes. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 24, 2018). |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Women's Lives and Women's Literacy in Amadís de Gaula -- 2. Women's Literacy in Beatriz Bernal's Cristalián de España -- 3. The Triumph of Women Readers of Chivalry in Don Quixote Part I -- 4. The Defeat of Women Readers of Chivalry in Don Quixote Part II -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Subject |
Spanish literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
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Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Women in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Spanish literature. (OCoLC)fst01128568
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Spanish literature -- Classical period.
(OCoLC)fst01711000
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Women in literature. (OCoLC)fst01177912
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| Chronological Term |
To 1700
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9789048536641 (electronic book) |
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9048536642 (electronic book) |
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