Dressed to Kill : : Death and Meaning in Zaya's Desengaños /

Dressed to Kill : : Death and Meaning in Zaya's Desengaños / / Elizabeth Rhodes.

The noble wives in María de Zayas's Desengaños suffer terrible fates: one is beheaded, another poisoned, one is cemented into a chimney, while yet another is locked into a tiny wall closet where she dies. The hallmark of Zayas's aesthetics, these characters are the central reason why her f...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2011
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:University of Toronto Romance Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Setting the Interpretative Baseline
  • 1. The Desengaños at a Distance
  • 2. Attending the Soirée
  • 3. Dressed to Kill: Death and Meaning in the Desengaños
  • 4. Dead End: The Convent
  • 5. Postscript: Laurela
  • Conclusion
  • Plot Summaries
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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