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Subject(s)

• Spanish literature—To 1500—History and criticism [Browse]
• Magic in literature [Browse]
• Spanish literature [Browse]

Series

Toronto Iberic

Summary note

"In Inscribed Power, Ryan D. Giles explores the function of amuletic prayers, divine names, and incantation formulas that were inscribed and printed on parchment, paper and other media, and at the same time inserted into classic literary works in Spain. Giles' insightful analysis of the intersection between amulets and literary texts offers fresh and original interpretations of well-known texts such as the Poema de mío Cid, the Libro de Alexandre, Canitgas de Santa Maria, the Libro de buen amor, Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, and the Buscón. Inscribed Power is a fascinating work that highlights specific amuletic texts that were used to heal, protect, or otherwise provide a blessing or curse to discover how their powers could influence fictional lives at different moments in the development of Spanish literature."-- Provided by publisher

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

Language note

In English.

Contents

• Amuletic manuscripts
• Naming God
• Amuletic voices
• The Bawd's amulet
• Outlaw prayers
• Amuletic afterlives.

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ISBN

• 1-4426-6437-1
• 1-4426-6436-3

OCLC

1003287377

Doi

• 10.3138/9781442664364

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