Aristocrats and Traders. Sevillian Society in the Sixteenth Century
1969; Iter Press; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.33137/rr.v10i1.13784
ISSN2293-7374
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Studies on Spain
Resumothe scholar most often cited; Unamuno is presented as "the great critic" who epitomizes most Spanish criticism on Don Quixote (p.xiv); Américo Castro is nowhere even mentioned!Serious consequences flow from these bibliographical limitations.One example is the treat- ment of the picaresque in relation to Cervantes' work.In her introduction Professor Church states: "Don Quixote is not a picaro, nor is Cer- vantes' novel picaresque in any definitive sense" (p.xv).On page 68 she characterizes the 1605 Quixote like this: "The book itself can be judged a highly amusing yet thoughtful picaresque tale."A little later she concludes that Book II "shows the book in the final an- alysis to be the purest example of the tragic genre and not, as Book I would have us believe ... the purest of picaresque comedies permeated with a pathos felt mainly, I suspect, by
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