Rewriting the Italian novella in counter-reformation Spain / Carmen R. Rabell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabell, Carmen.

Series:

Colección Támesis. Monografías ; Serie A, 199.

Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías. ; 199

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish fiction--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Spanish fiction.

Italian fiction--To 1400--History and criticism.

Italian fiction.

Italian fiction--15th century--History and criticism.

Novella--History and criticism.

Novella.

Censorship--Spain--History--16th century.

Censorship.

Censorship--Spain--History--17th century.

History.

Spain.

Physical Description:

171 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : Támesis, 2003.

Contents:

The theory of the novella

Francisco de Lugo y Dávila and Francesco Bonciani's forensic readings of Aristotle

Forensic discourse and the novella

The role of law in the Spanish versions of Italian novellas

Buried alive: telling the story of Romeo and Juliet in post-Tridentine Spain

Orbecche and Ardenia: the world upside down

The legend of two friends: changing the face of the body politic

The fictitious case and the Spanish novella

"El celoso extremeño": arguing for and against the legal infancy of women

Narrating the impossible: the resurrection of women

"El andrógino" by Francisco de Lugo y Dávila: speaking from a womans body.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-166) and index.

ISBN:

185566092X

OCLC:

52386281