Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda

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Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda is a posthumously published Byzantine-style romance novel by Miguel de Cervantes that follows the perilous travels of two lovers disguised as siblings on their journey from the North to Rome.

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instanceOf Byzantine romance
Spanish literature work
novel
author Miguel de Cervantes
authorClaimedAs Cervantes’s best work
authorDeathBeforePublication true
centralTheme love and fidelity
perilous journey
religious overtones
containsElement kidnappings
pilgrimage to Rome
shipwrecks
countryOfOrigin Spain
endingLocation Rome
firstPublicationYear 1617
followsInAuthorOeuvre Don Quixote
surface form: Don Quijote de la Mancha
genre adventure fiction
romance
hasCharacterType nobles in disguise
pilgrims
hasTranslation English
French
German
Italian
influencedBy Byzantine Greek romance tradition
literaryForm long narrative fiction
literaryMovement Baroque
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age
narrativeForm prose
narrativeMode third-person narration
notableFor blend of adventure and religious allegory
complex episodic structure
originalLanguage Spanish
placeInCanon late work of Cervantes
plotDevice disguise as siblings
protagonist Persiles
Sigismunda
publicationStatus posthumous
publisherType early modern Spanish printer
relatedWorkByAuthor La Galatea
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settingRoute from northern Europe to Rome
structure four books
theme Providence and destiny
identity and disguise
timeOfAction early modern period

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Miguel de Cervantes notableWork Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda