'Lector Ludens'
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‘The range and depth of the study are admirable. The approach is scholarly and distinctive with some surprising and effective juxtapositions – and the treatment of the topic is, appropriately entertaining. Highly recommended.’
» E.H. Friedman, Choice Magazine vol 52:06:2015
In sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain, debating the acceptability of games and recreation was serious business. With Lector Ludens, Michael Scham uses Cervantes's Don Quijote and Novelas ejemplares as the basis for a wide-ranging exploration of early modern Spanish views on recreations ranging from cards and dice to hunting, attending the theater, and reading fiction. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Toronto Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781442648647
- Utgivelsesår
- 2014
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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‘The range and depth of the study are admirable. The approach is scholarly and distinctive with some surprising and effective juxtapositions – and the treatment of the topic is, appropriately entertaining. Highly recommended.’
» E.H. Friedman, Choice Magazine vol 52:06:2015
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‘Scham’s book is a fascinating and scholarly analysis of games and play in Cervantes and an excellent accounting of his place in wider European context.’
» Harry Sieber, Renaissance Quarterly vol 68:04:2014
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‘I endorse Scham’s book as a fine contribution to Cervantes studies.’
» Eduardo Olid Guerrero, Modern Philology vol 113:04:2016