Voicing dissent in seventeenth-century Spain : inquisition, social criticism and theology in the case of El Criticon / by Patricia W. Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Patricia.

Series:

Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 37.

Medieval and early modern Iberian world, 1569-1934 ; v. 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658. Criticón--Criticism, Textual.

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar.

Censorship--Spain--History--17th century--Case studies.

Censorship.

Censorship--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Inquisition--Spain.

Inquisition.

Dissenters--Spain.

Dissenters.

Dissenters, Religious--Spain.

Dissenters, Religious.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Voicing dissent in 17th-century Spain

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the Spanish Inquisition looms large in many conceptions of the early modern Hispanic world, relatively few studies have been made of the Spanish state and Inquisition’s approach to book censorship in the seventeenth century. Merging archival and rare book research with a case study of the fiction of Baltasar Gracián, this book argues that privileged authors, like the Jesuit Gracián, circumvented publication strictures that were meant to ensure that printed materials conformed to the standards of Catholicism and supported the goals of the absolute monarchy. In contrast to some elite authors who composed readily transparent critiques of authorities and encountered difficulties with the state and Inquisition, others, like Gracián, made their criticisms covertly in complicated texts like El Criticón .

Contents:

Preliminary Material / P. Manning

Introduction / P. Manning

Chapter One. Policing Printed Matter / P. Manning

Chapter Two. (Not) Enforcing The Indices / P. Manning

Chapter Three. Discordant Voices In The Inquisition / P. Manning

Chapter Four. Sending Mixed Signals: Gracián And The Didactic Tradition / P. Manning

Chapter Five. Landing On La Isla De La Inmortalidad / P. Manning

Chapter Six. The Reader’s Journey / P. Manning

Chapter Seven. The Jesuit Subtext / P. Manning

Conclusion / P. Manning

Works Cited / P. Manning

Index / P. Manning.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78640-7

9786612786402

90-474-4086-2

OCLC:

668231329

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004178519.iii-323 DOI