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Tilting at Tradition : Problems of Genre in the Novels of Miguel de Cervantes and Charles Sorel.
Don Quijote and Le Berger extravagant criticize fiction but come in the shape of novels. Far from breaking with their respective traditions, they engage with the chivalric and the pastoral in a creative manner. Genre and imitation are key notions for situating these novels in literary history and in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Editions Rodopi,
2013.
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| Colección: | Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Don Quijote and Le Berger extravagant criticize fiction but come in the shape of novels. Far from breaking with their respective traditions, they engage with the chivalric and the pastoral in a creative manner. Genre and imitation are key notions for situating these novels in literary history and in the œuvres of Cervantes and Sorel. With emphasis on the continuity of each writer's approach, Le Berger extravagant is considered in the context of Sorel's aim to educate readers and avoid romance stereotypes, while the Quijote is read as an individual take on the chivalric novel, rejecting the Spa. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789401209656 9401209650 |