Arturo Pérez Reverte blood cleansing: fiction and history

Authors

  • José Schraibman Washington University (St. Louis Missouri) , Washington University (St. Louis Missouri)

Keywords:

Novela actual, Siglo de oro, limpieza de sangre, Pérez Reverte

Abstract

The study begins with a historical journey through the different milestones around the
problematic of the purity of blood in Spain and how these milestones are reflected in the literature
of the Golden Age. After this presentation he studies the role that blood purity plays
in Perez Reverte's book Blood Cleaning, the fictional use he makes of the historical Quevedo,
the way in which the author creates the historical atmosphere of the work and what are the merits
literary of it.

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Published

2005-12-05

Issue

No. 3 (2005): Siglo XXI. Literatura y Cultura Españolas

Section

ARTICLES

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How to Cite

Arturo Pérez Reverte blood cleansing: fiction and history. (2005). XXI Century. Spanish Literature and Culture, 3, 185-196. https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/sigloxxi/article/view/1400