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1 online resource (271 pages) |
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Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; v. 164 |
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: Charles Sorel's Berger extravagant; (i) By way of introduction: An early testimony; (ii) A brief word on method; (iii) Sorel's poetics; (iv) Utilitas; (v) Berger extravagant and Anti-Roman; (vi) The genre of the novel(s); (vii) The structure of the Berger extravagant; (viii) The meaning of the Anti-Roman; (ix) Charles Sorel, novelist; or, the quest for vraisemblance; (x) Conclusion: Novel or treatise?; Part II: Cervantes' Don Quijote; (i) Principles of method; (ii) First solution: Don Quijote as criticism |
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(Iii) Cervantes' stylistic tradition(iv) Humor and genre; (v) Cervantes and genre; (vi) Don Quijote as a chivalric romance; Part III: The Larger Picture; (i) Backgrounds; (ii) Cervantes and Avellaneda; (iii) Sorel's Polyandre, a new histoire comique; Conclusion: Genre and 'Parody'; Appendix: A Problem of Terminology; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Don Quijote and Le Berger extravagant criticize fiction but come in the shape of novels. Far from breaking with their respective traditions, they engage with the chivalric and the pastoral in a creative manner. Genre and imitation are key notions for situating these novels in literary history and in the œuvres of Cervantes and Sorel. With emphasis on the continuity of each writer's approach, Le Berger extravagant is considered in the context of Sorel's aim to educate readers and avoid romance stereotypes, while the Quijote is read as an individual take on the chivalric novel, rejecting the Spa |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Sorel, Charles, 1582?-1674. Berger extravagant.
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Sorel, Charles, 1582?-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 |
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Sorel, Charles, 1582?-1674 |
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Berger extravagant (Sorel, Charles) fast |
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Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de) fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789401209656 |
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9401209650 |
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