The evolution of the pastoral novel in early modern spain

This Work Recasts The Role Of The Pastoral Novel In The Intellectual Life Of The Spanish After The Initial Impact Of The Dianas. Spanish Pastoral Novels Published From 1570 Onward, The Author Claims, Are Crucial In Reconstructing Spain’s Intellectual History And Modernity. Still To Be Discovered In Its Entirety, The Spanish Pastoral Novel Was A Springboard For Literary Academies And Poetic Competitions Renewing Castilian Poetics For The Essential Concerns Of Artistic Reception, The Conception Of Innovative Generic Forms, The Power Of The Writer In A Hierarchical Society And, Ultimately, The Novel’s Bold New Sense Of Literary Self-consciousness.–book Jacket. Modes And Modalities Of The Spanish Pastoral Novel — Intimacy And Collective Behavior — Places And Environments — Representations. Dominick Finello. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [191]-205) And Index.