Pentimento: The Parodic Text of "La Gitanilla."

Analyzes the character Preciosa in Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes' novel "La gitanilla." Cervantes' construction of Preciosa's character on the basis of the paradoxical juxtaposition of incompatible traits; Tendency of modern criticism to focus on the exemplary rather than the erotic component o...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Hispanic Review Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 59 - 76
Main Author: Weber, Alison
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Winter1994
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