LOVE AND THE LAW IN CERVANTES

GONZALEZ ECHEVARRIA, ROBERTO

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ISBN:978-0-300-10992-4
EAN:9780300109924
Editorial: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Fecha de la edición:2005
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:320
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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