Miguel de Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares

Benjamin Griffiths (University of Birmingham)

Ed. by Cristina Sandru, The Literary Encyclopedia, Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.01: Spanish Literature and Culture from the Beginning to the Golden Age.
Vol. editors: Andrew M. Beresford (University of Durham), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Juan Pablo Rodriguez (Yale University), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1613

Places

Spain (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Story Collection

Resources

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The

Novelas ejemplares

[Exemplary Novels], which will from here onwards be referred to as the

, is arguably Cervantes’ most successful and influential title after

Don Quixote

, even if it remains largely unknown to a non-specialist Anglophone audience. Though

Novelas

is often translated as ‘Novels’ in English editions of the title, the Spanish word refers to short stories rather than prose novels. Despite lacking a single lead character like Don Quixote de la Mancha, the twelve

novelas

which comprise Cervantes’ only collection of exemplary short fiction are set in locations all around (and beyond) seventeenth-century Europe, from the author’s native Castile to Britain, the Aegean, North Africa and the Caribbean. They are as varied and creative in content as the

Quixote

. Each

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Citation: Griffiths, Benjamin. "Novelas ejemplares". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 February 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3106, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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