Love and the law in Cervantes The prisoner of sex (Quijote I 22) Spanish law and the origins of the novel Engendering Dulcinea The knight as fugitive from justice: the Quijote Part I The amorous pestilence: interpolated stories in the Quijote Part I Broken tales: love stories in the Quijote Part I The politics of love and law: the Quijote Part II A marriage made in heaven: Camachos wedding (Quijote II 19 21) Love and national unity: Ricotes daughters Byzantine romance The exemplariness of the exemplary stories: The Call of the Blood The bride who never was and her brood: The Deceitful Marriage Cervantes literary will: The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda The novel after Cervantes: Borges and Carpentier