Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:32:57 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Re: Coloquio Cervantes (nota de Kurt Reichenberger)
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Undoubtedly the power of Cervantes' text is evident, among other things, in the efforts to see it through the prism of allegory or symbol.  We treat it as the Bible has been often treated and even justify this procedure by using examples from allegorical exegeses of the Bible.  This may or may not be justified.  After all, the Q is not the Bible.  It is not a sacred text.  But that this can be attempted, and in some cases quite strikingly or suggestively, again, shows the power of Cervantes' creation.  This great virtual colloquiuum continues to confirm it.  Thank you again, Kurt and Robert.  Dario Fernandez-Morera, Northwestern University.