Drawing the Curtain

Esther Fernández is an associate professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures at Rice University. Adrienne L. Martín is a professor emerita of early modern Spanish literature and culture and former Vice Provost-Global Affairs at the University of California, Davis.

"This collection of essays stands as a fantastic example of how differing cultural studies approaches can be used to examine a single thematic, in this case Cervantine theatricality. Individually, each chapter represents a well-researched and incredibly insightful investigation into studies on theater and Cervantes on whole. In short, it is a collection of essays that presents value for graduate students and well-established scholars alike." - Brian M. Phillips, Jackson State University (Hispanofila)

• Introduction: The Poetics of the Imagined Stage Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. MartínPart One: Alternate Theatricalities in Cervantes’s Drama 1. Cervantes and the Simple StageBruce R. Burningham2. Queer Cambalaches in El rufián dichosoJohn Slater3. Of Players and Wagers: The Theatricality of Gambling for Salvation in El rufián dichosoSonia Velázquez 4. Writing to Rescue from Oblivion: The Phantasms of Captivity in El trato de ArgelJulia Domínguez5. Captivating Music, Memory, and Emotions in Los baños de ArgelSherry Velasco6. In the Name of Love: Cervantes’s Play on Captivity in La gran sultanaAna Laguna7. Revolving Sets: Spatial Revelations in the EntremesesEsther Fernández and Adrienne L. MartínPart Two: Acts of Disclosure in Cervantes’s Prose 8. Coups de théâtre in the Novelas ejemplaresB.W. Ife9. Captive Audiences: Performing Captivity in Cervantes’s Prose Narrative Catherine Infante10. Painting into Theatre: "The Suicide of Lucretia" as a Tableau Vivant in El curioso impertinenteMercedes Alcalá-Galán11. "Muchas y muy verdaderas señales": The Theatrics of Truth and Sincerity of Fiction in La GalateaPaul Michael Johnson12. Eavesdropping or Spying? Secret Places and Spaces in Don QuixoteEduardo Olid Guerrero13. Don Quixote and the Performance of Aging Masculinities in Early Modern SpainJosé R. Cartagena Calderón