"Dueñas" and "doncellas"

Author: Conchita Herdman Marianella
Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1979
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Conchita Herdman Marianella's book develops the words "Duena" and" Doncella" in their Cervantine context. The book offers the two sides of this character type in pre-Cervantine usage, from the tendency of the duena or doncella to appear as a lady-in-waiting, damsel in distress, or other high-level intermediary and to behave in patterns commensurate with that socio-cultural status, to the stereotyped, irate, scheming, gossiping chaperone. While Cervantes often uses this second type in other prose works, the relationship between the two semantic fields becomes much more complex in the Quijote, so explicitly constructed as a satire of the earlier style. It is this tangle of character type and history that Marianella unwinds. This analysis newly illuminates the episode of Dona Rodriguez, one of the pinnacles of the creative craft of the Quijote.

The Amadis Question

The Amadis Question
Author: Grace Sara Williams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1909
Genre: Amadís de Gaula (Spanish romance)
ISBN:

The Arthur of the Iberians

The Arthur of the Iberians
Author: David Hook
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2015-06-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1783162430

Up-to-date Coverage of the scope and extent of the important tradition of Arthurian material in Iberian languages and of the modern scholarship on it. (= Wide-ranging bibliographical coverage and guide to both texts and research on them.) Written by Specialists in the different Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula (Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Spanish and its dialects). (= Expert analysis of different traditions by leading scholars from Spain and the UK.) Wide-ranging Study not only of medieval and Renaissance literary texts, but also of modern Arthurian fiction, of the global spread of Arthurian legends in the Spanish and Portuguese worlds, and of the social impact of the legends through adoption of names of Arthurian characters and imitation of practices narrated in the legends. (=A comprehensive guide to both literary and social impact of Arthurian material in major world languages.)

Folklore and Literature

Folklore and Literature
Author: Manuel da Costa Fontes
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2000-03-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780791444917

Explores how modern folklore, through its preservation of ballads and folktales, supplements our understanding of the oral tradition and enhances our knowledge of early literature.