Details

Subject(s)

• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 1547-1616—Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda [Browse]
• Epic literature, Spanish—History and criticism [Browse]

Editor

• Brownlee, Marina Scordilis [Browse]

Series

• Toronto Iberic ; 39. [More in this series]
• Toronto Iberic ; 39 [More in this series]

Summary note

"This collection of original essays presents new ways of looking at Cervantes' final novel. Persiles, a work that engages with geopolitical models of race, ethnicity, nation, and religion, takes its inspiration from the highly influential Ethiopian Story (the Aithiopika) of Heliodorus. With particular relevance to the period, the Persiles questions the issue of cultural pluralism in the Spanish empire and emphasizes the need to rethink the radically altered category of lo bárbaro/the barbarian (which included not only the Jew, the Muslim, and the Gypsy, but also the criollo, the mestizo, and the indiano), a new multiracial and multiethnic reality that posed a profound challenge to early modern Spain. The contributors offer a range of perspectives in spatial theory, psychology and subjectivity, visual culture, and literary theory."-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index.

Language note

Main text in English with passages in Spanish.

ISBN

• 1487504780 ((hardcover))
• 9781487504786 ((hardcover))

OCLC

1065731991

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