Cervantes "Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda": A Study of Genre

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> Acknowledgements CHAPTER I PERSILES Y SIGISMUNDA: A QUESTION OF GENRE. AN INTRODUCTION 0 CHAPTER II THE BYZANTINE ROMANCE: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT 00 CHAPTER III ROMANCE AND THE PROBLEM OF CHARACTERISATION: AURISTELA 00 CHAPTER IV THE ROLE OF IRONY AND THE QUESTION OF THE ENDING 000 CHAPTER V CHARIKLEIA, AURISTELA AND SOME SECONDARY FEMALE CHARACTERS OF THE PERSILES 000 CHAPTER VI THE HEROINE IN THE WORKS OF TATIUS, REINOSO AND CONTRERAS 000 CHAPTER VII PERIANDRO AND SOME SECONDARY CHARACTERS 000 CHAPTER VIII IRONY, REALISM AND THE PICARESQUE IN THE PERSILES 000 CONCLUSION 000 BIBLIOGRAPHY 000 > Index 000