Current Series Volumes
Adventures in Paradox : Don Quixote and the Western Tradition
Presberg, Charles D.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. ; Don Quixote. ; Paradox in literature
c2001
At the Margins of the Renaissance : Lazarillo de Tormes and the Picaresque Art of Survival
Maiorino, Giancarlo, 1943-
Picaresque literature, Spanish--History and criticism ; Survival in literature ; Poverty in literature ; Literature and society--Spain ; Spain--Social conditions--To 1800
c2003
Career Stories : Belle Epoque Novels of Professional Development
Rogers, Juliette M., 1961-
French fiction--Women authors--History and criticism ; French fiction--20th century--History and criticism ; French fiction--19th century--History and criticism ; Women and literature--France--History--20th century ; Women and...
c2007
Consensus and Debate in Salazar's Portugal : Visual and Literary Negotiations of the National Text, 1933-1948
Sapega, Ellen W.
Portuguese literature--20th century--History and criticism ; National characteristics, Portuguese ; Politics and literature--Portugal ; Arts--Political aspects--Portugal--History--20th century ; Portugal--Intellectual life
c2008
Discourses of Empire : Counter-Epic Literature in Early Modern Spain
Simerka, Barbara, 1957-
Historical drama, Spanish--History and criticism ; Spanish drama--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism ; Imperialism in literature
c2003
Fernando de Rojas and the Renaissance Vision : Phantasm, Melancholy, and Didacticism in Celestina
Castells, Ricardo, 1954-
Rojas, Fernando de, d. 1541. ; Celestina. ; European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History and criticism
2000
Imperial Lyric : New Poetry and New Subjects in Early Modern Spain
Middlebrook, Leah, 1966-
Ballads, Spanish--History and criticism
c2009
Love Cures : Healing and Love Magic in Old French Romance
Doggett, Laine E.
Romances--History and criticism ; French literature--To 1500--History and criticism ; Women healers in literature ; Magic in literature ; Love in literature ; Healing in literature
c2009
Manekine : John and Blonde ; and Foolish Generosity
Beaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire de, ca. 1210-ca. 1265.
Beaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire de, ca. 1210-ca. 1265--Translations into English. ; Romances--Translations into English ; Tales, Medieval--Translations into English
c2010
Multilingualism and Mother Tongue in Medieval French, Occitan, and Catalan narratives
Léglu, Catherine.
Romances--History and criticism ; French literature--To 1500--History and criticism ; Provençal literature--History and criticism ; Catalan literature--To 1500--History and criticism ; Multilingualism and literature--France--History--To 1500 ;...
c2010
Reconstructing Woman : From Fiction to Reality in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
Kelly, Dorothy, 1952-
French fiction--19th century--History and criticism ; Women in literature ; Sex role in literature
c2007
Rewriting Womanhood : Feminism, Subjectivity, and the Angel of the House in the Latin American Novel, 1887-1903
LaGreca, Nancy, 1972-
Spanish American literature--Women authors--History and criticism ; Spanish American literature--19th century--History and criticism ; Feminism and literature--Latin America ; Women in literature
2009
Territories of History : Humanism, Rhetoric, and the Historical Imagination in the Early Chronicles of Spanish America
Beckjord, Sarah H.
Humanism--Latin America--History ; Humanism--Spain--History ; History in literature ; Narration (Rhetoric) ; Latin America--History--To 1600--Historiography
c2007
The Book of Peace
Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.
Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431--Political and social views. ; France--Politics and government--1328-1589--Sources ; France--History--Charles VI, 1380-1422--Sources ; France--History--15th century--Sources
c2008
Transcending Textuality : Quevedo and Political Authority in the Age of Print
García-Bryce, Ariadna, 1968-
Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645--Criticism and interpretation. ; Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645--Political and social views. ; Politics and literature--Spain
c2011
Weaving Narrative : Clothing in Twelfth-Century French Romance
Wright, Monica L., 1968-
French poetry--To 1500--History and criticism ; Material culture in literature ; Clothing and dress in literature ; Literature and society--France--History--To 1500 ; Romances--History and criticism
c2009
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