La novela y el espíritu de la caballería

Synopsis of La novela y el espíritu de la caballería

«La novela y el espíritu de la caballería» is the essay by José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec, published by TAURUS in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).

The essay spans eight centuries of European novels reflecting chivalric ideals, from Chrétien de Troyes to Nabokov, including Martorell, Cervantes, Scott and Woolf. Ruiz-Domènec analyzes how the spirit of chivalry embodies the search for vital meaning and happiness, and how these stories address the fragility of family order.

The book belongs to the Taurus Literature collection and revives a work originally published in 1993.

For readers of historical essays and literary criticism interested in the evolution of the Western novel and its chivalric ideals.