Heroic Forms

Stephen Rupp is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Texts and TranslationsIntroduction1 Warriors: Epic and Tragedy2 Defenders: Pastoral and Satire3 Captains and Saints: Lyric and Romance4 Soldiers and Sinners: PicaresqueConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

‘Rupp’s book is original, thought provoking, and will make a significant contribution to the criticism of Cervantes’s literature on the topic of war and heroism.’- Eduardo Olid Guerrero (Hispania vol 99:02:2016) ‘Rupp’s book is a very solid, innovative, and intriguing study of Cervantes’s contributions to advances in genre development through the lens of a specific and very relevant topic that proves quite elucidating.’- Susan Byrne (Renaissance Quarterly vol 69:01:2016) ‘A superb contribution to early modern Spanish studies… Rupp’s approach offers rich, thought-provoking, unique perspectives… Highly recommended.’- E.H. Friedman (Choice vol 52:08:2015) "This book contributes to the field by providing a unique cross-genre approach to Cervantes’ representation of warfare and heroism. Rupp’s analysis accurately portrays the conflictive readings of Cervantes’ characters, as well as his uneasy relationship with conventional literary form." - Aaron M. Kahn, University of Sussex (Bulletin of Spanish Studies)