Overview

The Spanish romance Crcel de amor blossomed into a transnational and multilingual phenomenon that captivated audiences throughout Europe at a time when literacy was expanding and print production was changing the nature of reading, writing, and of literature itself. In The Prison of Love, Emily Francomano offers the first comparative study of this sixteenth-century work as a transcultural, humanist fiction. Blending literary analysis and book history, Francomano provides us with the richly textured history of the translations, material books, and artefacts that make this tale of love, letters, and courtly intrigue an invaluable prism through which the multifaceted world of sixteenth-century literary and book cultures are refracted.

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Author:   Emily C. Francomano
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.670kg
ISBN:  

9781442630512

ISBN 10:   1442630515
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   13 December 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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In this highly original volume, Francomano traces the transformation of Diego de San Pedro's C rcel de amor (The Prison of Love) from a small-format, unillustrated book printed in Seville in 1492 to luxury French manuscripts and tapestries, considering other versions and translations along the way...Francomano's theoretically engaged analysis of visual, material, and book culture will appeal to specialists in 16th- and 17th-century studies and beyond. -- P. W. Manning * Choice Connect October 2018 vol. 56 # 2 *

In this highly original volume, Francomano traces the transformation of Diego de San Pedro's Carcel de amor (The Prison of Love) from a small-format, unillustrated book printed in Seville in 1492 to luxury French manuscripts and tapestries, considering other versions and translations along the way...Francomano's theoretically engaged analysis of visual, material, and book culture will appeal to specialists in 16th- and 17th-century studies and beyond. -- P. W. Manning * Choice Connect October 2018 vol. 56 # 2 *

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Emily C. Francomano is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University.

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