Dueñas and Doncellas: A Study of the Doña Rodríguez Episode in Don Quijote

ISBN-13: 9780807892091 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 144 str.

Conchita Hardman Marianella

Opis

Conchita Herdman Marianella's book develops the words "Duena" and "Doncella" in their Cervantine context. The book offers the two sides of this character type in pre-Cervantine usage, from the tendency of the duena or doncella to appear as a lady-in-waiting, damsel in distress, or other high-level intermediary and to behave in patterns commensurate with that socio-cultural status.