Persephone's Girdle
Persephone's Girdle

Author: Marcia L. Welles

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780826513519

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A bold, gender-inflected reinterpretation of secular Spanish texts of the early modern period that focuses on sexual violence as expressive of cultural and political issues. Marcia Welles applies her extensive knowledge of Spanish Golden Age literature and her insightful grasp of current literary theory to synthesize a wide range of material into a uniquely engaging and refreshing interpretation of well-known texts. While the subject of rape and violence has been studied in other European literatures, Persephone's Girdle is the first to do so in the field of early modern Spanish literature.

Books in Series
Books in Series

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Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 1404

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Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.

Los Empeños de Una Casa
Los Empeños de Una Casa

Author: Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz

Publisher: Bilingual Review Press (AZ)

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 324

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In this hilarious seventeenth-century cloak-and-sword play, eight characters are enmeshed in a tangled web of mutual obligations. When they find themselves thrown together in the house of Don Pedro de Arellano in Toledo, they struggle to fulfill, or escape, those obligations. The action involves female rivalry, love triangles, kidnapping, and confusion of identities, while young Don Pedro and Don Carlos are moved about the house like pawns on a game board. In the end, however, the immobilized characters regain the initiative and make way for the comic solution of multiple marriages.

The Poetry of Gabriel Celaya
The Poetry of Gabriel Celaya

Author: Zelda Irene Brooks

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 128

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Innovative socio-philosophical interpretation of the poetry of Gabriel Celaya, renowned poet personally known by the author

Alienation in Giuseppe Berto's Novels
Alienation in Giuseppe Berto's Novels

Author: Giacomo Striuli

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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A most comprehensive study of alienation in Giuseppe Berto (1914-1978), the popular but controversial Italian author whose artistic endeavors include fiction, journalism, play writing, and cinematography.