Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-166) and index
The theory of the novella -- Francisco de Lugo y Davila and Francesco Bonciani’s forensic readings of Aristotle -- Forensic discourse and the novella -- The role of law in the Spanish versions of Italian novellas -- Buried alive: telling the story of Romeo and Juliet in post-Tridentine Spain -- Orbecche and Ardenia: the world upside down -- The legend of two friends: changing the face of the body politic --
The fictitious case and the Spanish novella -- "El celoso extremeno": arguing for and against the legal infancy of women -- Narrating the impossible: the resurrection of women -- "El androgino" by Francisco de Lugo y Davila : speaking from a woman’s body.