Rewriting the Italian Novella in Counter-Reformation Spain

As they reshaped the Italian novella under the atmosphere of the Counter-Reformation, Spanish narrators labelled their texts as exemplary. Critics have agreed that there is a contradiction between the morals preached in the narrative frames, prologues and sententiae of Spanish novellas and the content of the plots. This title sees this ambiguity.

Product details

• Authors: Carmen Rabell, Carmen R. Rabell
• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 444 g
• Series: Coleccion Tamesis Serie A: Mon
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies