Margaret R Greer

María de Zayas and Her Tales of Desire, Death and Disillusion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Who doubts, my reader, that you will be amazed that a woman has the audacity not only to write a book, but to send it for printing, which is the crucible in which the purity of genius is tested'?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781855663602
• ISBN-10: 1855663600
• Artikelnr.: 64197258

Autorenporträt

MARGARET R. GREER is Emeritus Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter I: Zayas: Her Life and Times Chapter 2: Exemplary Tales of
Love: A Contradiction? Chapter 3: Settings, Styles and Models: Zayas's
Literary Context Chapter 4: Turning the Tables on Men in Exemplary Tales of
Love Chapter 5: Bodies in Pain: Tales of Disillusion Chapter 6: Identifying
the Subject Chapter 7: I Believe: Religion, Magic, the Supernatural Chapter
8: Zayas on Women Conclusion: Zayas's Afterlives Appendix: Plot Summaries