Table of Contents

Introduction: The Poetics of the Imagined Stage
Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín

Part One: Alternate Theatricalities in Cervantes’s Drama

1. Cervantes and the Simple Stage
Bruce R. Burningham

2. Queer Cambalaches in El rufián dichoso
John Slater

3. Of Players and Wagers: The Theatricality of Gambling for Salvation in El rufián dichoso
Sonia Velázquez 

4. Writing to Rescue from Oblivion: The Phantasms of Captivity in El trato de Argel
Julia Domínguez

5. Captivating Music, Memory, and Emotions in Los baños de Argel
Sherry Velasco

6. In the Name of Love: Cervantes’s Play on Captivity in La gran sultana
Ana Laguna

7. Revolving Sets: Spatial Revelations in the Entremeses
Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín

Part Two: Acts of Disclosure in Cervantes’s Prose

8. Coups de théâtre in the Novelas ejemplares
B.W. Ife

9. Captive Audiences: Performing Captivity in Cervantes’s Prose Narrative
Catherine Infante

10. Painting into Theatre: “The Suicide of Lucretia” as a Tableau Vivant in El curioso impertinente
Mercedes Alcalá-Galán

11. “Muchas y muy verdaderas señales”: The Theatrics of Truth and Sincerity of Fiction in La Galatea
Paul Michael Johnson

12. Eavesdropping or Spying? Secret Places and Spaces in Don Quixote
Eduardo Olid Guerrero

13. Don Quixote and the Performance of Aging Masculinities in Early Modern Spain
José R. Cartagena Calderón

About the Author

Esther Fernández is an associate professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures at Rice University.
Adrienne L. Martín is a professor emerita of early modern Spanish literature and culture and former Vice Provost-Global Affairs at the University of California, Davis.

Reviews

“This collection of essays stands as a fantastic example of how differing cultural studies approaches can be used to examine a single thematic, in this case Cervantine theatricality. Individually, each chapter represents a well-researched and incredibly insightful investigation into studies on theater and Cervantes on whole. In short, it is a collection of essays that presents value for graduate students and well-established scholars alike.”
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