| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Series |
The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe |
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Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Volume Editor's Introduction; Volume Editor's Bibliography; Note on Translation; Zayde; Part 1; Part 2; Series Editors' Bibliography |
| Summary |
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 romancesfrom Catalonia to Cyprus and back againwith battles, prophecies, and shipwrecks dotting the crisscrossed paths of the books noble l |
| Analysis |
iberian peninsula, medieval, christianity, islam, religion, spirituality, empire, borders, madame de lafayette, romance, novel, literature, suspense, sensation, lovers, nobility, aristocracy, shipwrecks, class, adventure, prophecy, fate, destiny, battles, war, military, cyprus, catalonia, jealousy, love, lust, desire, passion, sexuality, translation, french |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne), 1634-1693. Zaïde.
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| SUBJECT |
Zaïde (La Fayette, Madame de) fast |
| Subject |
Love.
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French literature -- 17th century -- Translations into English
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love (emotion)
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French literature
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Love
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| Genre/Form |
Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Paige, Nicholas D
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| ISBN |
9780226468440 |
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0226468445 |
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9780226468525 |
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0226468526 |
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0226468518 |
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9780226468518 |
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