The Severed Word : Ovid's ""Heroides"" and the ""Novela Sentimental"" / Marina Scordilis Brownlee

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: (288 pages) : illustrations. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.Contents: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE: TWO THEORIES OF UTTERANCE -- ONE. Victim as Artist-Epistulae Herodium -- TWO. Exemplary Counterfeit-El Bursario -- THREE. Voyeuristic Betrayal-Elegia di madonna Fiammetta -- FOUR. Mediated Discourse-Historia de duobus amantibus -- FIVE. Failed Eroticism-Siervo libre de amor -- SIX. The Untranscendent Vision-Satira de felice e infelice vida -- SEVEN. Etiological Subversion-Triste deleyta�ion -- EIGHT. Pandered Words-Arnalte y Lucenda -- NINE. Imprisoned Discourse-C�rce! de amor -- TEN. The Book as Galeotto-Grimalte y Gradissa -- ELEVEN. Language and Incest-Grisel y Mirabella -- EPILOGUE: Physical and Verbal Violence -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.Subjects: Epistolary fiction, Spanish History and criticism. Separation (Psychology) in literature.Spanish fiction Roman influences. Spanish fiction To 1500 History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM European Spanish & Portuguese.Epistolary fiction, Spanish.Separation (Psychology) in literature. Spanish fiction.Spanish fiction To 1500 History and criticism.Epistolary fiction, Spanish History and criticism.Spanish fiction Roman influences. Sentimentalism in literature. Women in literature. Roman espagnol Jusqu'� 1500 Histoire et critique. S�paration (Psychologie) dans la litt�rature. Femmes dans la litt�rature. Epistolary fiction, Spanish. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). Sentimentalism in literature. Separation (Psychology) in literature.Spanish fiction. Women in literature. Separation (Psychology) in literatureSentimentalism in literatureWomen in literatureInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.). Sentimentalism in literature. Women in literature. Liefdesromans.Briefromans. Be�nvloeding.Spaans. Latijn. Civilization, Medieval Classical influences. Literary Studies.Literature in Diverse Languages. Romance Literature, general.Spanische und portugiesische Literatur.Spanish fiction History and criticism To 1500Separation (Psychology) in literature Roman influencesSpanish fiction. Romance Literatures. Languages & Literatures. Spanish Literature. Civilization, Medieval Classical influences. Spanish fiction History, 1369-1516