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From: Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society ofAmerica
Date: 20030922
Author:Riva, Reynaldo C.
En el clásico libro de E. C. Riley, Teoría de la novela en Cervantes, en la sección dedicada a "la verosimilitud y lo maravilloso" se afirma que Persiles y Sigismunda es una narración que a pesar de presentar personajes y sucesos asombrosos, "se caracteriza por su empeño en racionalizarlo todo" (298). El único incidente verdaderamente maravilloso es, según Riley, el gran salto a caballo que Periandro ejecuta desde una elevada peña hacia el mar congelado, hazaña que el héroe refiere a sus compañeros de travesía (II, 20). Quizás desatendiendo la Poética de ...
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