María de Zayas tells baroque tales of love and the cruelty of men / Margaret Rich Greer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greer, Margaret Rich.

Series:

Penn State studies in Romance literatures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zayas y Sotomayor, María de, 1590-1650--Criticism and interpretation.

Zayas y Sotomayor, María de.

Zayas y Sotomayor, María de, 1590-1650.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2000]

Contents:

Introduction: Desiring Readers 3

1 The Biographical Puzzle 17

2 The Writer and Her Reception 37

3 The Prologue "Al que leyere" and the Question of Zayas's Feminism 61

Part II The Mother Plot

4 Aventurarse perdiendo 87

5 Mothers Otherwise 135

Part III Border Crossings

6 Phallic Woman; or, The Laugh of the Medusa 161

7 The Sexual Masquerade: Cross-Dressing and Gender Definition 199

8 The Undead and the Supernatural 239

9 Familiar Enemies 287

Part IV En-Closure

10 Framing the Tale 319

1 The First Ending of El castigo de la miseria 357

2 Plot Summaries 361

3 Charts of Stories 381.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [449]-462) and index.

ISBN:

0271019875

OCLC:

41266232