Bøger i Purdue Studies in Romance Literature serien

Maps the presence, position and use in the narrative of a variety of material objects in Marguerite de Navarre's ""Heptameron"". This work includes a selection of objects, ranging from tapestries with scripture passages woven into the borders, fine arts paintings, chalices incised with proverbs, emblems, table linens, and more.

The Mexican government's brutal repression of the Student Movement of 1968 in the infamous Massacre of Tlatelolco exposed and exacerbated a serious crisis of political legitimacy. This study examines the cultural impact of this watershed event through historically contextualized readings of five paradigmatic novels.

Signs of Science: Literature, Science, and Spanish Modernity since 1868 traces how Spanish culture represented scientific activity from the mid-nineteenth century onward.

Addresses the masochist discursivity of La Regenta (1884-1885) by Leopoldo Alas Clarin as a subversive strategy of dominance and submission through which the foundations of liberal thinking on education, agency, and freedom of the modern subject are refuted. This book offers a pluralist approach, where cultural, clinical-historical, and literary perspectives are essential.