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1 online resource (1 online resource 214 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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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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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Women's Lives and Women's Literacy in Amad�is de Gaula -- 2. Women's Literacy in Beatriz Bernal's Cristali�an de Espa�na -- 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 |
| 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. 'Amad�is' 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 'Amad�is' 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 'Amad�is'. 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. |
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Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
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Women in literature. |
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Spanish literature -- Classical period. |
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Spanish literature. |
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HISTORY -- General. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. |
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Women in literature.
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Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Spanish literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
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To 1500 |
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To 1700 |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9789048536641 |
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9048536642 |
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9789462985490 |
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9462985499 |
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