[PDF.71kt] The Laughter of the Saints: Parodies of Holiness in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain

The Laughter of the Saints: Parodies of Holiness in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain

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 | #3914815 in Books |  2009-10-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.04 x.83 x6.21l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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|| |‘This volume taught me a lot and had me smiling while I was learning. What more could a reader ask for? ’ (Ronald E. Surtz, Speculum: a Journal of Medieval Studies; vol 86: 04: 2011)

‘This is an invaluable work of scholarship whi

Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain, a large number of parodic works were produced that featured depictions of humourous, satirical, and comical saints. The Laughter of the Saints examines this rich carnivalesque tradition of parodied holy men and women and traces their influence to the anti-heroes and picaresque roots of early modern novels such as Don Quixote.



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