Renaissance Prose from Spain

Spanish Renaissance prose includes narratives and works of dialogue, reflection, and instruction from the transition into Spain's early modern literary culture. Cervantes tests the habits of storytelling through the encounters of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, while the dialogue of Fernando de Rojas presents another meeting of desire, language, and social pressure. Writing associated with Guevara and Vives addresses conduct and learning through different forms. These works do not share one voice or purpose. Their variety lies in the ways inherited forms are made to confront particular choices, relationships, and consequences.