The consolidation of law and the development of legal writing during Spain's Golden Age not only helped that country become a modern state but also affected its great literature. In this fascinating book, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria explores the works of Cervantes, showing how his representations of love were inspired by examples of human deviance and desire culled from legal discourse. Gonzalez Echevarria describes Spain's new legal policies, legislation, and institutions and explains how, at the same time, its literature became filled with love stories derived from classical and medieval sources. Examining the ways that these legal and literary developments interacted in Cervantes's work, he sheds new light on Don Quixote and other writings.
- ISBN10 030010992X
- ISBN13 9780300109924
- Publish Date 11 October 2005 (first published 1 January 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 March 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780300109924