Abstract
This study uses Cervantes's biography and the increasing popularity of the 'jácara' and 'comedia de valentón' as means to finding alternative explanations of criminality that do not rely on the picaresque as a model. While recognising that the picaresque does play a role, an examination of the wit, wordplay, fatalism, and unfiltered violence of other genres reveals a complex approach that is easily recognised as Cervantine, but remains mostly undiscovered in relation to the author's treatment of criminals in his novel.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The art of Cervantes in Don Quixote |
| Subtitle of host publication | critical essays |
| Editors | Stephen Boyd, Trudi Darby, Terence O'Reilly |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Legenda |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Pages | 183-202 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781781885079 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781781885055, 9781781885062 |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Sept 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone cultures |
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| Publisher | Legenda |
| Volume | 27 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2053-5074 |
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