María de Zayas and her Tales of Desire, Death and Disillusion

Margaret R. Greer

doi:10.1017/9781800106215

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Margaret R. Greer, Duke University, North Carolina

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: February 2024
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781800106215
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781800106215

Subjects:: Literature, European and World Literature: General Interest
Series:: Icons of the Luso-Hispanic World

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A pioneer of early modern feminism, María de Zayas y Sotomayor wrote poetry, drama and prose but is best known for two page-turning collections of short stories: Exemplary Tales of Love (1637) and Tales of Disillusion (1647). This book provides an engaging introduction to Zayas and her work. It begins by relating what we know of her life, placing her in her socio-political and economic context and addressing the issue of women's literacy. Following chapters examine her use of sexual desire, violence and humour in her tales; her narrative structures; and her oral style. The book then turns to identity construction in her tales and in society, analysing questions of gender, class, family and 'race', and to her treatment of religion, magic and the supernatural. The final chapters explore Zayas's status as a proto-feminist; her early modern reception in Spain and elsewhere; and various critical readings of her work.

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María de Zayas and her Tales of Desire, Death and Disillusion

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-viii

Contents
pp ix-ix

List of Illustrations
pp x-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xvi

Chapter One - Zayas: Her Life and Times
pp 1-21

Chapter Two - Exemplary Tales of Love: A Contradiction?
pp 22-44

Chapter Three - Settings, Styles and Models: Zayas's Literary Context
pp 45-60

Chapter Four - Turning the Tables on Men in Exemplary Tales of Love
pp 61-78

Chapter Five - Bodies in Pain: Tales of Disillusion
pp 79-92

Chapter Six - Identifying the Subject
pp 93-116

Chapter Seven - I Believe: Religion, Magic, the Supernatural
pp 117-142

Chapter Eight - Zayas on Women
pp 143-159

Conclusion: Zayas's Afterlives
pp 160-178

Appendix: Plot Summaries
pp 179-198

Bibliography
pp 199-210

General Index
pp 211-218

Index of Zayas's Works
pp 219-224

Tamesis
pp 225-226

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