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Book SynopsisBeyond Fiction: The Recovery of the Feminine in Cervantes explores how Cervantes's works, particularly his long-form fiction, grapple with themes of illusion, reality, desire, and the evolving role of women in literature. The book positions Cervantes as a writer acutely aware of the limits and contradictions of literary constructs, reflecting his transition from entanglement in traditional narratives to an eventual mastery of form and meaning. The study identifies a consistent pattern in Cervantes's works, from La Galatea through Don Quixote Parts I and II, where he moves from depicting unresolved conflicts and fragmented characters to crafting stories with deeper integration and more liberated representations of both men and women. By tracing the evolution of Cervantes's narrative structures, it shows how his characters increasingly break free from conventional roles, especially those imposed by the love trianglea recurring emblem of displaced desire in his earlier works. This tran
