Fiestas de Denia (review)
as demonstrated by the numerous examples quoted throughout part 3. Two unique ideas presented in part 3 are Don Quijote’s over-identification with the literary characters of the libros de caballería and the novel’s preoccupation with economic compensation. Examples of this preoccupation were: the innkeeper’s advice to Don Quijote that he carry money with him, Don Quijote trying to pay Sancho to disenchant Dulcinea, and Don Quijote’s offer to reimburse Maese Pedro after destroying his puppet show. Gilbert-Santamaría clearly achieves his dual purpose of publishing a new study of early modern Spain and its literature while contributing at “least one new historical perspective on the raging polemic over cultural consumerism in our own time” (13). The book is clearly written, with concrete examples supported by a wide variety of sources that range from antiquity to the present day. Especially interesting are parts 1 and 3. Part 2, although well supported at times, is not as coherent and compelling as the other sections. Gilbert-Santamaría’s “new historical perspective” is an insightful and unique contribution to the study of Golden Age literature, and the impact that the emerging consumerist culture had upon its authors. LORI A. BERNARD University of Arkansas