Reading, Performing, and Imagining the Libro del Arcipreste

Examines how reading, writing, and interpretation reside at the core of the cultural history of the Castilian Libro del Arcipreste from its creation in the first part of the fourteenth century. The study situates the Libro within the tradition of Augustinian hermeneutics and exegetics; develops hypotheses concerning the performative cues in the Libro; and deals with the rewriting and reimagining of the Libro on into modernity.