Framing Iberia: Maqāmāt and Frametale Narratives in Medieval Spain (Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World)

Drawing on current critical theory, Framing Iberia relocates the Castilian classics El Conde Lucanor and El Libro de buen amor within a medieval Iberian literary tradition that includes works in Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and Romance. Winner of the 2009 La corónica International Book Award for scholarship in Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures .. Framing Iberia Is A Study Of Medieval Iberian Culture Observed Through The Lens Of The Frametale, A Type Of Story Collection Cultivated By Medieval Iberian Authors In Several Languages. Its Best Known Examples Outside Of Iberia Are Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Boccaccio's Decameron, And The Thousand And One Nights. In Framing Iberia The Author Relocates The Castilian Classics El Conde Lucanor And El Libro De Buen Amor Within A Literary Tradition That Includes Works In Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, And Romance. In Doing So, He Draws On Current Critical Theory And Cultural Studies In Reevaluating How The Multicultural Society Of Medieval Iberia Is Reflected In Its Narrative Literature.--book Jacket. Writing Across The Frontier -- Storytelling And Performance In Medieval Iberian Frametale And Maqāma -- The Cultural Context Of The Translation Of Calila E Dimna -- Reconquest Ideology And Andalusī Narrative Practice In The Conde Lucanor -- The Libro De Buen Amor And The Medieval Iberian Maqāma -- Social Change, Misogyny, And The Maqāma In Jaume Roig's Spill. By David A. Wacks. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (ph.d.)--university Of California, Berkeley, 2003. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 237-264) And Index. Framing Iberia is a study of medieval Iberian culture observed through the lens of the frametale, a type of story collection cultivated by medieval Iberian authors in several languages. Its best known examples outside of Iberia are Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Boccaccio's Decameron, and the Thousand and One Nights. In Framing Iberia the author relocates the Castilian classics El Conde Lucanor and El Libro de buen amor within a literary tradition that includes works in Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and Romance. In doing so, he draws on current critical theory and cultural studies in reevaluating how the multicultural society of medieval Iberia is reflected in its narrative literature. Winner of the 2009 La corónica International Book Award for scholarship in Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.Also available in paperback ISBN 978 9004 20589 5 Drawing on current critical theory, Framing Iberia relocates the Castilian classics El Conde Lucanor and El Libro de buen amor within a medieval Iberian literary tradition that includes works in Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and Romance. Winner of the 2009 La corónica International Book Award for scholarship in Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures .. Presents a study of medieval Iberian culture observed through the lens of the frametale, a type of story collection cultivated by medieval Iberian authors in several languages. This volume draws on critical theory and cultural studies in reevaluating how the multicultural society of medieval Iberia is reflected in its narrative literature