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Framing Iberia: Maqāmāt and Frametale Narratives in Medieval Spain

Framing Iberia: Maqāmāt and Frametale Narratives in Medieval Spain

Paperback

Series: Brill's Paperback Collection, Book 33

Medieval & Renaissance History

ISBN10: 9004205896
ISBN13: 9789004205895
Publisher: Brill
Published: Feb 28 2011
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Framing Iberia is a study of medieval Iberian culture observed through the lens of the frametale, a type of story collection cultivated by medieval Iberian authors in several languages. Its best known examples outside of Iberia are Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Boccaccio's Decameron, and the Thousand and One Nights. In Framing Iberia the author relocates the Castilian classics El Conde Lucanor and El Libro de buen amor within a literary tradition that includes works in Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and Romance. In doing so, he draws on current critical theory and cultural studies in reevaluating how the multicultural society of medieval Iberia is reflected in its narrative literature. Winner of the 2009 La corónica International Book Award for scholarship in Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.

Originally published in hardcover

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Medieval & Renaissance History