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This article postulates that the publication of the apocryphal Second Part of Guzmán de Alfarache in 1602 constitutes an unprecedented “case.” Within the frame of the fiction, Mateo Alemán explores the different options available for resolving it and determining how to act: Does it constitute a theft or a challenge? Is it possible to mete out a just punishment to the perpetrator, or is revenge the only remedy? Is it an instance of plagiarism or artistic appropriation?
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