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  • The Ethics of Reading in Manuscript Cultureby John Dagenais

    Princeton University Press 1994; US$ 38.00

    Reexamining the roles played by author, reader, scribe, and text in medieval literary practice, John Dagenais argues that the entire physical manuscript must be the basis of any discussion of how meaning was made. Medievalists, he maintains, have relied too heavily on critical editions that seek to create a single, definitive text reflecting an author's... more...

  • A Companion to the Libro de Buen Amorby Louise M. Haywood; Louise O. Vasvári

    Boydell & Brewer 2004; US$ 90.00

    Survey articles and fresh readings of the Libro. more...

  • Six French and English Translations of Don Quixote Comparedby Paula Luteran

    The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 139.95

    This study addresses some of the practical problems encountered in translating a literary work, whether within the same historical time frame or centuries later. Cervantes’ masterpiece is carefully compared to translations in French by Cësar Oudin, Francois Filleau de Saint-Martin and Louis Viardot and in English by Thomas Shelton, Peter... more...

  • Two Spanish Songbooksby Dorothy Sherman Severin

    Liverpool University Press 2000; US$ 90.00

    This is an edition, with notes and introduction, of two medieval Spanish songbooks. Both contain poetry by Montoro not found in other cancioneros and in the same order, and there are indications that both cancioneros were using the same exemplar or booklet containing the Montoro poetry. The introduction considers the norms used in the transcription... more...

  • The Portable Cervantesby Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Samuel Putnam

    Penguin Group US 1976; US$ 18.00

    Contains Don Quixote , in Samuel Putnam's acclaimed translation, substantially complete, with editorial summaries of the omitted passages; two 'Exemplary Novels, 'Rinconete and Cortadillo' and 'Man of Glass'; and 'Foot in the Stirrup,' Cervantes's extraordinary farewell to life from The Troubles of Persiles and Sigismunda . more...

  • Immigrant Narratives in Contemporary Franceby SUSAN IRELAND; PATRICE PROULX

    ABC-CLIO 2001; US$ 161.00

    The first comprehensive survey of its kind in English, this book examines the experience of immigration as represented by authors who moved to France from the Caribbean, the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia after World War II. Essays by expert contributors address the literary productions of different ethnic groups while taking into account generational... more...

  • Quixotic Fictions of the USA 1792-1815by Sarah F. Wood

    Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 149.99

    Quixotic Fictions is the first book-length study of the role of Don Quixote in early American literature. Coinciding with the quadricentenary of Don Quixote 's first publication, Quixotic Fictions reaffirms the global reach of Cervantes's influence and explores the complex, contradictory ways in which Don Quixote helped to shape American fiction... more...