Desire and Dissent

Chris Perriam Professor of Hispanic Studies,University of Newcastle upon Tyne

'This is an excellent study on an important writer ... [and is] academically impeccable, clearly written and fun to read. It is an important and original contribution to Hispanic studies and serves to introduce a major European writer to non-Hispanists, especially those interested in the popular fields of cultural studies and the history of sexuality.' Professor Paul Julian Smith, Head of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Cambridge'Chris Perriam's timely and competent study ... (explores) from a critical perspective worthy of the moment a writer of today whose work engages with the cuestiones palpitantes of writing and living and so deserves a place both in contemporary European and international literature ... Professor Perriam's study makes a laudable and consistent attempt ... to link Villena's work to a broader European and international cultural tradition...'Tesserae'Chris Perriam's critique of the work of Luis Antonio de Villena constitutes a st

• Culture, counter-culture; retreat and return; cultural transgressions; framing love; bonding and collusion; abandon and ecstasy.