Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 40 | 107 | 2017
Research Article | «Había de ver nacer mandrágoras en los locutorios»: a Note on Buscón, III, 9

«Había de ver nacer mandrágoras en los locutorios»: a Note on Buscón, III, 9

Just before the end of his adventure as a galán de monjas, Pablos leaves the convent saying «si más aguardaba, había de ver nacer mandrágoras en los locutorios». None of the editions that have been consulted in the present work clarifies the meaning of this sentence, censured in the editio princeps of the novel. The interpretation we offer, based on the narrative, historical and literary context of the galán de monjas, also takes into account an old myth about the origin of the mandrakes that could explain the meaning of the fragment.


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Submitted: April 8, 2016 | Accepted: May 11, 2016 | Published: June 29, 2017 | Language: es

Keywords Mandrake Interpretation El Buscón Quevedo Galán de monjas

Copyright © 2017 Gáldrick de la Torre. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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