{"product_id":"9783032262066","title":"Cervantine Perversity Gender, Violence, and Sexuality","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEarly Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCervantine Perversity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGender, Violence, and Sexuality\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eElizabeth Spragins | Sonia Pérez-Villanueva | Leyla Rouhi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Modern \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a bold re-examination of the representation of women in the work of Miguel de Cervantes by highlighting the role of perversity. Bringing together historicist, psychoanalytic, feminist, and queer perspectives, the essays analyze how Cervantes’ narratives construct scenes of sexual violence, objectification, and female suffering while perversely inviting the reader’s complicity in their consumption. Through readings of \u003cem\u003eDon Quijote\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNovelas ejemplares\u003c\/em\u003e, and other works, contributors challenge the long-standing view of Cervantes as a proto-feminist author. Instead, they reveal how his fiction often transforms women’s vulnerability into narrative spectacle, exposing the troubling dynamics of power, gender, and pleasure embedded in the Cervantine aesthetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eElizabeth Spragins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e is Associate Professor in Spanish at the College of the Holy Cross, USA. Her research focuses on authority and identity in early modern Mediterranean narrative and has appeared in\u003cem\u003e La corónica\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eConSecuencias\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMedieval Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003epostmedieval\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonia Pérez-Villanueva\u003c\/strong\u003e, originally from the Basque Country in Spain, is a scholar of early modern Iberian historical, literary, and visual cultures. Her research explores gender, violence, and representation across texts, images, and archival materials. She is currently working on a monograph on the violence of the Inquisition and the cultural histories of crypto-Jewish women. She is Vice Provost for Liberal Arts \u0026amp; Business and Professor of Spanish and Literature in Translation at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeyla Rouhi\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches at Williams College, USA. She has published numerous articles and chapters on medieval and early modern Iberia as well as Middle Eastern culture. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eMediation and Love\u003c\/em\u003e as well as co-editor and contributing author of collected volumes on early modern Spain and gender studies. Her teaching includes Spanish language and Peninsular history, culture and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032262066\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47505644945548,"sku":"9783032262066","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032262066.jpg?v=1781059749","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032262066","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}