The Republic of Thieves and Other Common Motifs in Luque Fajardo’s Fiel desengaño and in two Exemplary Novels by Cervantes
ISSN: 1540-5877
Year of publication: 2023
Volume: 55
Pages: 71-85
Type: Article
More publications in: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies
Abstract
Accordingto Riquer's suggestion (1955), Cervantes was acquainted to Luque Fajardo's dramatized treatise, Fiel desengaño contra la ociosidad y los juegos (Madrid 1603). Now we may add new evidence of Cervantes’ inspiration in Rinconete y Cortadillo. That short novel was presumably based on a combination of contemporary readings: Zapata's Miscelánea, Cristóbal de Chaves' Romances de germanía (1609) and Luque’s book. Such picture can also be completed with some more recognizable fajardian elements in El celoso extremeño.