Contents

pp v-vi

Notes on Contributors

pp vii-ix

Plot Schema

pp x-xiv

Introduction: Reading the Libro de Buen Amor Thirty Years On

pp 1-18

Part 1 - Contexts

pp 19-20

Juan Ruiz and the Libro de Buen Amor: Contexts and Milieu

pp 21-38

Libro de Buen Amor: From Script to Print

pp 39-68

Part 2 - Form and Traditional Wisdom

pp 69-70

Metre and Rhythm in the Libro de Buen Amor

pp 71-82

Exempla and Proverbs in the Libro de Buen Amor

pp 83-104

Part 3 - The Doña Endrina / Don Melón Episode

pp 105-106

‘Was it a Vision or a Waking Dream?’: The Anomalous Don Amor and Doña Endrina Episodes Reconsidered

pp 107-122

The Relationship between the Libro de Buen Amor and Celestina: Does Trotaconventos Perform a Philocaptio Spell on Doña Endrina?

pp 123-128

Part 4 - Theoretical Approaches

pp 129-130

Text, Author, Reader, Reception: The Reflections of Theory and the Libro de Buen Amor

pp 131-150

Chaotics, Complexity, and the Libro de buen amor

pp 151-164

The Novelness of the Libro de Buen Amor

pp 165-182

List of Abbreviations

pp 183-184

Works Cited

pp 185-216

Subject Index

pp 217-226

Stanza Index

pp 227-231