Table of Contents

A Note on Translations
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One Dragged Under His Roof: Ariosto’s Interlace and the Imperial Web of Charles V
Two One Moment of Madness: Garcilaso de la Vega and the Frame of Exile
Three The Call of the Labyrinth: Jorge de Montemayor and the Habsburg Court
Four Threading the Labyrinth: Don Quixote, Philip II, and the Unraveling Web of Empire
Five The Gravest of Dangers: María de Zayas and Philip IV’s Shattered Imperial Frame
Epilogue
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index
About the Author

About the Author

Julia L. Farmer is associate professor of Spanish and chair of the Faculty Senate at the University of West Georgia.