Description for Heroic Forms
In Cervantes and the Literature of War, Stephen Rupp connects Cervantes's complex and inventive approach to literary genre and his many representations of early modern warfare. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSB; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
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 knowledge 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 ... Read more
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Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Toronto Iberic
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442649125
SKU
V9781442649125
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99-1
About Stephen Rupp
Stephen Rupp is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for Heroic Forms
‘Rupp’s book is original, thought provoking, and will make a significant contribution to the criticism of Cervantes’s literature on the topic of war and heroism.’
Eduardo Olid Guerrero
Hispania vol 99:02:2016
‘Rupp’s book is a very solid, innovative, and intriguing study of Cervantes’s contributions to advances in genre development through the lens of a specific and very ... Read more
Eduardo Olid Guerrero
Hispania vol 99:02:2016
‘Rupp’s book is a very solid, innovative, and intriguing study of Cervantes’s contributions to advances in genre development through the lens of a specific and very ... Read more