Early Modern Spain

Projects

Our research on Early Modern Spain is centred on a number of themes or projects.

Cervantes is central to many of them, and between us we have worked on most aspects of his major prose writings, Don Quijote, the Novelas ejemplares, and Persiles y Sigismunda.
The origins of the novel is closely related, and studies the development of the novel in early modern Europe from a Spanish perspective.
The Food and culture strand studies the representation of food in the art and literature of early modern Spain, with considerable emphasis on Cervantes.
Anglo-Spanish literary relations is concerned with the reception of Spanish literature, especially Cervantes, in England during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
The Discoveries project looks at documentary accounts of New-World discovery and conquest from 1493 to 1600 and their impact on peninsular culture in general and prose fiction in particular.

Here is a hierarchical view of the projects we are currently involved in:


	Cervantes Don Quijote El curioso impertinente Novelas ejemplares Fuerza de la sangre Rinconete and Cortadillo Persiles y Sigismunda The Origins of the Novel Food and Culture Anglo-Spanish Literary Relations Spanish-English Translations Database John Minsheu Dictionary Discoveries Cabeza de Vaca