Marcia L. Welles is professor of Spanish at Barnard College. Her previous works include Style and Structure in Gracian's "El Criticon" (1976) and Arachne's Tapestry: The Transformation of Myth in Seventeenth-Century Spain (1986). In her articles she has examined the relationship between verbal and visual art and focused attention on both contemporary and Golden Age women writers.
Persephone's Girdle is an excellent study of the relations of gender and power in early modern Spain. It will constitute a valuable contribution to our understanding of Spanish culture in the seventeenth century.
--Lia Schwartz-Lerner, Dartmouth College
Receive special announcements and offers in areas of your choice!
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.