Framing Iberia : Maqamat and frametale narratives in medieval Spain / by David A. Wacks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wacks, David A.

Series:

Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 33.

Medieval and early modern Iberian world, 1569-1934 ; v. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish fiction--To 1500--History and criticism.

Spanish fiction.

Spanish fiction--Arab influences.

Framework stories, Spanish--History and criticism.

Framework stories, Spanish.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Framing Iberia is a study of medieval Iberian culture observed through the lens of the frametale, a type of story collection cultivated by medieval Iberian authors in several languages. Its best known examples outside of Iberia are Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales , Boccaccio’s Decameron , and the Thousand and One Nights . In Framing Iberia the author relocates the Castilian classics El Conde Lucanor and El Libro de buen amor within a literary tradition that includes works in Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and Romance. In doing so, he draws on current critical theory and cultural studies in reevaluating how the multicultural society of medieval Iberia is reflected in its narrative literature. Winner of the 2009 La corónica International Book Award for scholarship in Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Also available in paperback ISBN 978 9004 20589 5

Contents:

Preliminary material / D.A. Wacks

Introduction / D.A. Wacks

Chapter One. Writing across the frontier / D.A. Wacks

Chapter Two. Storytelling and performance in medieval iberian frametale and Maqāma / D.A. Wacks

Chapter Three. The cultural context of the translation of Calila E Dimna / D.A. Wacks

Chapter Four. Reconquest ideology and andalusï narrative practice in the Conde Lucanor / D.A. Wacks

Chapter Five. The Libro de buen amor and the medieval iberian Maqāma / D.A. Wacks

Chapter Six. Social change, misogyny, and the Maqāma in Jaume Roig’s spill / D.A. Wacks

Works cited / D.A. Wacks

Index / D.A. Wacks.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of California, Berkeley, 2003).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-264) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-92623-X

9786611926236

90-474-1974-X

OCLC:

505128061

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004158283.i-279 DOI