Cervantes’ Persiles and the Travails of Romance

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By Marina Brownlee

Published Jan. 16, 2020

Cervantes’ Persiles and the Travails of Romance (University of Toronto Press) collects essays on the final novel of Miguel de Cervantes, The Travails of Persiles of Sigismunda. Particular focus is given to the novel’s themes of burgeoning cultural pluralism in Spain.

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