The literature of jealousy in the age of Cervantes / Steven Wagschal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagschal, Steven, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Góngora y Argote, Luis de, 1561-1627.

Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.

Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Jealousy in literature.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.

Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635--Criticism and interpretation.

Vega, Lope de.

Góngora y Argote, Luis de, 1561-1627--Criticism and interpretation.

Góngora y Argote, Luis de.

Literature and society--Spain.

Literature and society.

Criticism and interpretation.

Spain.

Physical Description:

x, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, [2006]

Summary:

"Explores the theme of jealousy in early modern Spanish literature through the works of Lope de Vega, Cervantes, and Góngora. Using the philosophical frameworks of Vives, Descartes, Freud, and DeSousa, Wagschal proposes that the theme of jealousy offered a means for working through political and cultural problems involving power"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Jealousy and epistemology in Lope de Vega's "Honor plays"

Women, jealousy, and power

Representing dramatic jealousy : from comic to tragic

Religion, race, and ethnicity in Cervantes's Jealous old man from Extremadura

Cervantes's virtuous jealousy

Myth and the fractured "I" in Góngora

Góngora on the beautiful and the sublime.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.

ISBN:

082621696X

OCLC:

70778319

Publisher Number:

9780826216960