The poetics of friendship in early modern Spain : a study in literary form /

This book shows how the Aristotelian-Ciceronian notion of perfect male friendship operates as an independent poetic force within the development of Spanish literature in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gilbert-Santamaría, Donald, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
1500-1700
Spanish literature > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Friendship in literature.
Amitié dans la littérature.
Spanish literature > Classical period.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Toward a Poetics of Friendship
  • 1. Boccaccio's Tale of Two Friends
  • 2. Plotting Imperfections in La Galatea
  • 3. The End of an Ideal: Cervantes's "El curioso impertinente"
  • 4. Staging Intimacy in Guillén de Castro
  • 5. María de Zayas's Good Friends
  • 6. Guzmán de Alfarache's "Otro yo"
  • 7. The Errantry of Friendship in Don Quixote
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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