{"product_id":"the-laughter-of-the-saints-ryan-d-giles-9780802099525","title":"The Laughter of the Saints: Parodies of Holiness in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain, a large number of parodic works were produced that featured depictions of humourous, satirical, and comical saints. The \u003ci\u003eLaughter of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e examines this rich carnivalesque tradition of parodied holy men and women and traces their influence to the anti-heroes and picaresque roots of early modern novels such as Don Quixote. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first full-length treatment of the ways in which Spanish writers imitated religious depictions of saints' lives for comic purposes, Ryan D. Giles' erudite study explores the inversion of oaths, invocations, pious legends, and liturgical devotions. Analyzing a variety of texts from Libro de buen amor, to later works such as the Celestina, Carajicomedia, Lozana andaluza, and Lazarillo de Tormes, Giles not only sheds light on Golden Age Spanish literature, but also on the origins of the comic novel. A well-argued and convincing work, The Laughter of the Saints reveals the uproarious results of the collision of official and unofficial methods of storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan D. Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802099521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802099525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Ryan D. Giles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453393613055,"sku":"9780802099525","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ded8e5e-8fd2-4a8f-812b-547490129926.jpg?v=1777300010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-laughter-of-the-saints-ryan-d-giles-9780802099525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}