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Philosophy --- Linguistics --- Poetry --- Old English literature --- Literature --- Classical literature --- History --- Klassieke literatuur --- geletterdheid --- filosofie --- literatuur --- literatuurgeschiedenis --- poëzie --- Heaven in literature. --- Disappointment in literature. --- Dante Alighieri, --- Religion.

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A pioneer of early modern feminism, María de Zayas y Sotomayor wrote poetry, drama and prose but is best known for two page-turning collections of short stories: Exemplary Tales of Love (1637) and Tales of Disillusion (1647). This book provides an engaging introduction to Zayas and her work. It begins by relating what we know of her life, placing her in her socio-political and economic context and addressing the issue of women's literacy. Following chapters examine her use of sexual desire, violence and humour in her tales; her narrative structures; and her oral style. The book then turns to identity construction in her tales and in society, analysing questions of gender, class, family and 'race', and to her treatment of religion, magic and the supernatural. The final chapters explore Zayas's status as a proto-feminist; her early modern reception in Spain and elsewhere; and various critical readings of her work.

Spanish literature --- History and criticism. --- Zayas y Sotomayor, María de, --- Desire in literature. --- Death in literature. --- Disappointment in literature. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Themes, motives. --- 1600-1699

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Professor Tambling adds an original voice to the current surge of interest in what makes Dante's Paradiso uniquely intriguing, even in comparison to the Inferno and Purgatorio. He directly engages the question that haunts the poem: can authentic human hope sustain itself on its spacewalk through the material universe, even if it cannot foresee its end?" --Francis J. Ambrosio, Georgetown University, USA This book argues that Paradiso - Dante's vision of Heaven - is not simply affirmative. It posits that Paradiso compensates for disappointment rather than fulfils hopes, and where it moves into joy and vision, this also rationalises the experience of exile and the failure of all Dante's political hopes. The book highlights and addresses a fundamental problem in reading Dante: the assumption that he writes as a Catholic Christian, which can be off-putting and induces an overly theological and partisan reading in some commentary. Accordingly, the study argues that Dante must be read now in a post-Christian modernity. It discusses Dante's Christianity fully, and takes its details as a source of wonder and beauty which need communicating to a modern reader. Yet, the study also argues that we must read for the alterity of Dante's world from ours.

Literature, Medieval. --- Literature --- History and criticism. --- Philosophy. --- Literature and philosophy --- Philosophy and literature --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary style --- European literature --- Medieval literature --- Theory --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Disappointment in literature. --- Heaven in literature. --- Dante Alighieri, --- Religion. --- Paradiso (Dante Alighieri)