Publisher's Synopsis
The title of this publication refers to a development which ran parallel to the emergence of the early modern age and was marked by passionate disputes. It was of special relevance to Spanish culture and literature. The contributions draw on a wide-ranging text corpus to point up both the rivalry between magical and empirical knowledge and the interaction between critical control of the imagination and its aesthetic liberation. Special reference is made to the knightly romance, Cervantes, and Spanish baroque theatre.
