Cervantes' Christian romance : a study of Persiles y Sigismunda /

Cervantes' Christian romance : a study of Persiles y Sigismunda /

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Author / Creator:	Forcione, Alban K., 1938- author.
Imprint:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1972. ©1972
Description:	1 online resource (177 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Princeton Essays in European and Comparative Literature Princeton essays in European and comparative literature.
Subject:	Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, -- 1547-1616. -- Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda. Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11241842

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ISBN:	9781400868902 1400868904 9780691619750 9780691062136 0691619751 0691062137 9780691062136
Notes:	Includes index. Print version record.
Summary:	Alban Forcione analyzes the problem which has most troubled modern readers of the Persiles, its episodic character and confusing proliferation of action. Examining closely the structure of the romance Cervantes considered his masterpiece and boldest contribution to literature, Mr. Forcione discerns in it a simple pattern: a coherent cycle of catastrophe and restoration linked symbolically to the Christian vision of man's fall and redemption. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print b.
Other form:	Print version: Forcione, Alban K., 1938- Cervantes' Christian romance : a study of Persiles y Sigismunda. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©1972 167 pages Princeton Essays in Europeand and Comparative Literature 9780691619750

Table of Contents:

Introduction; 1. Imitation and Innovation.