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This book offers a radically new reading of Don Quijote, understanding it as a whole much greater than the sum of its famous parts. David Quint discovers a unified narrative and deliberate thematic d …

In Palermo Italian yes-no interrogatives, if the last syllable of a phrase is unstressed, the nuclear pitch contour is rising-falling, whereas if it is stressed, the contour is simply rising. Such co …

This ambitious book attempts to rehistoricize the Golden Age of Spain (ca. 1550-1680) by placing literary production in its socio-cultural context. Drawing on theories of cultural materialism and mak …

This book examines Spain’s reception of Russo-Soviet literature and its relationship with Nuevo Romanticismo through the lens of Bakhtin’s theories on the novel. Drawing upon theories on the novel in …

The first book-length study in English of the poetry of Salvador Espriu [1913-85]. Two standpoints govern the approach taken to the poetry of Salvador Espriu [1913-85] in this first extended study of …

Physical desire and metaphysical love in the theatre of Federico García Lorca. A dialectical tension between physical desire and metaphysical love lies at the heart of the theatre works of Federico G …

Las Obras de Esquilache como pieza clave para la comprensión del papel del amateurismo aristocrático en la formación del campo literario barroco español. Este volumen ofrece el primer estudio monográ …

The Portuguese fiction that awakened public debate on imperialism The colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s and 1970s were Portugal’s Vietnam. The novels discussed in thi …

The sanctification of stardom Contemporary icons are drawn from popular culture – musicians, artists, actors, and other personalities we hear on radio or see on television, on screen, in print and in …

El primer estudio serio del teatro del siglo XVII en Murcia. Este libro, basado en abundante documentación de archivo, es el primer estudio serio del teatro del siglo XVII en Murcia. El autor se cent …