| Iberian Chivalric Romance: Translations and Cultural Transmission in Early Modern England Contributor(s): Alvarez-Recio, Leticia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1487508816 ISBN-13: 9781487508814 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Literary Criticism | Renaissance - Literary Criticism | Modern - 16th Century |
| Dewey: 861.033 |
| LCCN: 2020430102 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.37 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays analyses the publication and reception history of sixteenth-century Iberian books of chivalry in English translation. A comprehensive introduction explains the subject, its importance for the study of early modern fiction writing in general, and the state of Anglo-Spanish literary relations at the time. Contributors consider the impact of Iberian chivalric writing on other contemporary genres - such as native English romance, letter-writing, and chronicle - and explore the influence of translations in English prose fiction from the 1590s to the mid-seventeenth century. The volume delves into the role of predominant translator Anthony Munday in the literary book market, approaching some of his most representative translations - Amadis, Palmendos, Primaleon of Greece, and Palmerin of England - and examining the contribution of these works to early modern cultural debates on sexuality, marriage, female individualism, colonialism, and religious controversy. |