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- Title
Bucolic Suicide: Suicidal Shepherds and Shepherdesses in Miguel de Cervantes's La Galatea and Gonzalo de Saavedra's Los pastores del Betis.
- Authors
Nelson, Benjamin J.
- Abstract
The article critiques the books "La Galatea," by Miguel de Cervantes and "Los pastores del Betis," by Gonzalo de Saavedra. It explores the presentation of a probable explanation regarding the sudden appearance of suicide attempts in a bucolic setting. It highlights that the authors seem to distraught over their own personal experiences with love like their shepherd protagonists.
- Subjects
LA Galatea (Book); LOS pastores del Betis (Book); DE Cervantes, Miguel; DE Saavedra, Gonzalo; PASTORAL literature; SUICIDAL behavior; SHEPHERDS in literature; PROTAGONISTS (Persons) in literature
- Publication
L'Érudit Franco-Espagnol: An Electronic Journal of French & Hispanic Literatures, 2013, Vol 4, p2
- ISSN
2167-8340
- Publication type
Literary Criticism