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Zayde: A Spanish Romance

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Description:Standing at the critical juncture between traditional romance and early novelistic realism, "Zayde" is both the swan song of a literary tradition nearly two thousand years old and a harbinger of the modern psychological novel. "Zayde" unfolds during the long medieval struggle between Christians and Muslims for control of the Iberian Peninsula; Madame de Lafayette (1634-93) takes the reader on a Mediterranean tour typical of classical and seventeenth-century romancesOCofrom Catalonia to Cyprus and back againOCowith battles, prophecies, and shipwrecks dotting the crisscrossed paths of the bookOCOs noble lovers. But where romance was long and episodic, "Zayde" possesses a magisterial architecture of suspense. Chaste and faithful heroines and heroes are replaced here by characters who areaconsumed by jealousy and unable to love happily. And, unlike in traditional romance, the reader is no longer simply expected to admire deeds of bravery and virtue, but instead is caught up in intense first-person testimony on the psychology of desire.a Unavailable in English for more than two centuries, "Zayde" reemerges here in Nicholas PaigeOCOs accessible and vibrant translation as a worthy representative of a once popular genre and will be welcomed by readers of French literature and students of the European novelistic tradition."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Zayde: A Spanish Romance. To get started finding Zayde: A Spanish Romance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 242

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226468445

Description: Standing at the critical juncture between traditional romance and early novelistic realism, "Zayde" is both the swan song of a literary tradition nearly two thousand years old and a harbinger of the modern psychological novel. "Zayde" unfolds during the long medieval struggle between Christians and Muslims for control of the Iberian Peninsula; Madame de Lafayette (1634-93) takes the reader on a Mediterranean tour typical of classical and seventeenth-century romancesOCofrom Catalonia to Cyprus and back againOCowith battles, prophecies, and shipwrecks dotting the crisscrossed paths of the bookOCOs noble lovers. But where romance was long and episodic, "Zayde" possesses a magisterial architecture of suspense. Chaste and faithful heroines and heroes are replaced here by characters who areaconsumed by jealousy and unable to love happily. And, unlike in traditional romance, the reader is no longer simply expected to admire deeds of bravery and virtue, but instead is caught up in intense first-person testimony on the psychology of desire.a Unavailable in English for more than two centuries, "Zayde" reemerges here in Nicholas PaigeOCOs accessible and vibrant translation as a worthy representative of a once popular genre and will be welcomed by readers of French literature and students of the European novelistic tradition."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Zayde: A Spanish Romance. To get started finding Zayde: A Spanish Romance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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