Book Review
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Citation
De Souza R (2021) Narrating Desire: Moral Consolation and Sentimental Fiction in Fifteenth-Century Spain by Sol Miguel-Prendes. Modern Language Review, 116 (4), pp. 662-664. https://doi.org/10.1353/mlr.2021.0019
Abstract
First paragraph:
The existence and definition of a late medieval genre of ¡®sentimental fiction¡¯ in Iberia have been repeatedly contested. There have been numerous discussions regarding which texts comprise the genre, while its purportedly unifying characteristics¡ªe.g. courtly love, pseudo-autobiography, metafiction, intertextuality, tragic endings¡ª
have failed to provide a definitive link between the texts in question. What scholars tend to agree on, however, is that there is something special about these works and that a common focus on internal psychology and subjectivity anticipates the modern novel.
Keywords
Literature and Literary Theory; Linguistics and Language; Language and Linguistics
Journal
Modern Language Review: Volume 116, Issue 4
Status | Published |
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Funders | |
Publication date | 31/12/2021 |
Publication date online | 31/10/2021 |
Date accepted by journal | 01/04/2021 |
URL | |
Publisher | Project MUSE |
ISSN | 0026-7937 |
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Lecturer in Spanish, Spanish