Cervantes' Epic Novel: Empire, Religion, and the Dream Life of Heroes in Persiles [Review]
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Ignacio Lopez Alemany, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Director of Graduate Studies (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Michael Armstrong-Roche quite correctly points out that most critics view The Labors of Persiles and Sigismunda as a “turning away from modernity” (3), an example of Cervantes’ late-life embrace of the Counter-Reformation. Some even consider the byzantine novel a misstep by the author of Don Quixote while, ironically, Cervantes himself saw his last book as his crowning achievement. In this percep¬tive monograph, Armstrong-Roche makes the case that Persiles can best be appreciated if, instead of looking forward toward the novel, we look back to the epic.
Cervantes' Epic Novel: Empire, Religion, and the Dream Life of Heroes in Persiles [Review]
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- Publication
- Seventeenth-Century News
- Language: English
- Date: 2010
- Keywords
- Michael Armstrong-Roche, The Labors of Persiles and Sigismunda, Miguel de Cervantes, Book review