Before he was a writer, Miguel de Cervantes was a soldier. Enlisting in the Spanish infantry in 1570, he fought at the battle of Lepanto, was seized at sea and held captive by Algerian corsairs, and returned to Spain with a deep kwledge of military life. He understood the costs of heroism, the fragility of fame, and the power of the military culture of brotherhood. In Heroic Forms, Stephen Rupp connects Cervantes's complex and inventive approach to literary genre and his many representations of early modern warfare. Examining Cervantes's plays and poetry as well as his prose, Rupp demonstrates how Cervantes's works express his perceptions of military life and how Cervantes interpreted the experience of war through the genres of the era: epic, tragedy, pastoral, romance, and picaresque fiction.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10
1442649127
ISBN-13
9781442649125
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208783281
Product Key Features
Author
Stephen Rupp
Format
Trade Paperback (US), Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Literary Criticism
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Toronto
Series Title
Toronto Iberic
Author Biography
Stephen Rupp is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto.
Date of Publication
30/09/2014
Country of Publication
Canada
Best Selling in Adult Learning & University
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Adult Learning & University