Substance of Cervantes

Klappentext A 1986 examination of the foundation upon which Cervantes constructed his works from La Galatea (1585) to Persiles y Sigismunda (1617). Zusammenfassung This 1986 book examines the 'substance' of Cervantes: the writer's attitude toward originality! his concern for the reader's visualization of the action and the setting! his understanding of optical illusion! his use of the commonplace! and his view of himself in relation to his contemporaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Don Quixote: the comedy in spite of itself; 2. Gilt o'erdusted: the problem of originality; 3. The reality of illusion; 4. The illusion of reality; 5. The faculties of the soul; 6. From happy age of gold to detestable age of iron; 7. Phases of substance; 8. Sum and substance; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John G. Weiger, Weiger John G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521168342
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16834-2
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Spanish, Literary studies: general, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form