Cervantes after the material turn: river gods, lakes of blood, and other personified bodies of water in Numancia.

This paper proposes a new materialist reading of Cervantes's Numancia (c. 1585) that reassesses the role of personified bodies of water like the Duero as early modern naturecultures. Personifications of bodies of water were ubiquitous in the political iconography of the early modern period due to th...

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Published in:	Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 411 - 429
Main Author:	Rodríguez-Rincón, Luis
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2022
Subjects:	Duero River (Spain & Portugal) Numantia (Extinct city) Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 History Sacred & profane dichotomy
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