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Article: Maria de Zayas Tells Baroque Tales of Love and the Cruelty of Men.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2003
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Novelas amorosas y ejemplares. By MARIA DE ZAYAS Y SOTOMAYOR. Ed. by JULIAN OLIVARES. Madrid: Catedra. 2000. 562 pp. ISBN 84-376-1825-8.
Maria de Zayas Tells Baroque Tales of Love and the Cruelty of Men. By MARGARET RICH GREER. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press. 2000. 468 pp. ISBN 0-271-01987-5.
The modern critical re-evaluation of the work of Maria de Zayas continues and is reinforced by the publication of the two volumes under review. Julian Olivares's edition of the Novelas amorosas y ejemplares offers a clearly presented and readable text; the footnotes are kept to a minimum and so do not distract the reader's attention from the ...