Erudición y lucro en la República literaria barroca: a propósito de María de Zayas

Abstract

The print production of María de Zayas represents an absolute achievement within the seventeenth-century Respublica litteraria, in its most commercial side: the business of prose fiction, one of the most lucrative ones of the age. Nevertheless, there is still certain reluctance to consider it on a par with that of other important authors on grounds of gender. This essay, therefore, aims to provoke a more ample and nuanced study of her work within this great scholarly community, namely through an analysis of authorial and editorial strategies, rooted in comparative book history.

Keywords

• Respublica litteraria
• authorial models
• editorial practices
• print
• Baroque
• Zayas María de