"Don Quixote", Don Juan, and related subjects : form and tradition in Spanish literature, 1330-1630

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. 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. This Is Professor James Parr's Most Cogent Statement To Date About The Major Figures Of Spanish Literature Prior To 1700. Continuing An Approach He Helped Pioneer For This Field, He Scrutinizes Five Classic Texts From A Largely Postmodern Perspective, Interrogating Theoretical Assumptions Along The Way.--jacket. Introduction: Spanish Classics -- Pt. I. Don Quixote And Narrative Tradition. Ch. 1. On Translation, With An Overture To Interpretation -- Ch. 2. Formal Features And Narrative Technique -- Ch. 3. Framing, Orality, Origins -- Ch. 4. Don Quixote And Le Roman Bourgeois: Comparative Anatomy -- Pt. Ii. Don Juan And Classical Spanish Drama. Ch. 5. Don Quixote And Don Juan: The Body In Context -- Ch. 6. El Burlador De Sevilla: Authorship And Authenticity -- Ch. 7. Don Juan And His Kind: Generic Irony -- Ch. 8. Two Characters From Seville: The Canon And The Culture Wars -- Pt. Iii. Three Periods, Three Classics. Ch. 9. The Libro De Buen Amor: A Design For Desire -- Ch. 10. La Celestina: Ut Pictura Poesis -- Ch. 11. Lazarillo De Tormes: Rhetoric And Referentiality, Fact And Fiction -- Ch. 12. Periodization Prior To 1700: A Modest Proposal. James A. Parr. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 262-276) And Index.