| ''Lector Ludens'': The Representation of Games & Play in Cervantes Subjects: Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de 1547–1616 -- Criticism and interpretation; Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de 1547–1616. Don Quixote; Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de 1547–1616. Novelas ejemplares; Games in literature; Play in literature; Leisure in literature; ; Michael Scham uses Cervantes's Don Quijote and Novelas ejemplares as the basis for a wide-ranging exploration of early modern Spanish views on recreations ranging from cards and dice to hunting, attending the theater, and reading fiction. Scham Michael : Michael Scham is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of St Thomas in Minnesota. |