Cervantes' Epic Novel : Empire, Religion, and the Dream Life of Heroes in <i>Persiles</i> /

Miguel de Cervantes conceived his final work, The Labours of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story (1617), as a great prose epic that would accomplish for its age what Homer and Virgil had done for theirs. And yet, by the eighteenth century Don Quixote had eclipsed Persiles in the favour of read...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Armstrong-Roche, Michael, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, > 1547-1616. > Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda.
Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)
Epic literature, Spanish.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Litterature epique espagnole > Histoire et critique.
Epic literature, Spanish > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Cervantes' epic novel
  • Europe as barbaric new world
  • Christian spirituality : the law of love
  • Epic recast : the dream life of the new hero
  • Christian politics : church and state
  • Epilogue : Cervantes' human and divine comedy.

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