The Invention of the Sequel: Expanding Prose Fiction in Early Modern Spain

by William H. Hinrichs

This book proposes a new way of tracing the history of the Early Modern Spanish novel through the prism of literary continuation. It identifies and examines the Golden Age narratives that invented the sequel and the narrative genres that the sequel in turn invented. The author explores the rivalries between apocryphal and authorized sequelists that forged modern notions of authorship and authorial property. The book also defines the sequel's forms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855662329
• ISBN13: 9781855662322
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"