Picking Wedlock

Picking Wedlock
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0742507734
ISBN-13 : 9780742507739
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Book Synopsis Picking Wedlock by : Shifra Armon

Download or read book Picking Wedlock written by Shifra Armon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Picking Wedlock, Shifra Armon illuminates the remarkable convergence of three women novelists of Spain's Golden Age: Maria de Zayas, Mariana de Carvahal, and Leonor de Meneses. Armon considers these extraordinary writers together for the first time, appraising them in relationship to the historical and literary nexus that gave impetus to the publication of their work.


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