Tales of Seduction: The Figure of Don Juan in Spanish Culture

by Sarah Wright and Sarah Wright

Book Overview

Don Juan is one of the intriguing creations of Western literature. A legendary seducer of women, trickster and transgressor of sacred boundaries, he has been the object of countless revisions over the centuries. The twentieth-century has viewed the figure afresh through the prism of its own cultural terms of reference and social concerns. Using an interdisciplinary approach, "Tales of Seduction" focuses on the intersections between myth, culture and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848859759
• ISBN13: 9781848859753
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"