This is a study of major figures, texts, and periods in Spanish literature prior to 1700. It applies - and interrogates - modern critical theory. Contributing to its cohesiveness are the time span addressed (1330-1630) and the emphasis throughout on literary tradition and critical approaches. It is inspired partly by Ramiro de Maeztu's 1926 monograph, Don Quixote, Don Juan y la Celestina, devoted to the three characters Maeztu felt to be the most important in the Spanish literary canon. The twelve chapters focus largely on the first two of those figures, but also include Celestina. The volume is divided into three parts. The first of these deals with Don Quixote, the second centers around the Don Juan figure created by Tirso de Molina, while the third ventures farther back in time to treat the major texts of the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, along with the problematic period concepts "Renaissance" and "Baroque." James A. Parr is Professor of Spanish at the University of California, Riverside.
- ISBN10 1575910845
- ISBN13 9781575910840
- Publish Date 10 January 2005
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 1 April 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Associated University Presses
- Imprint Susquehanna University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 282
- Language English