Staging marriage in early modern Spain : conjugal doctrine in Lope, Cervantes, and Calderón / Gabriela Carrión.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrión, Gabriela, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Spanish drama.

Marriage in literature.

Theater--Spain--History--16th century.

Theater.

Theater--Spain--History--17th century.

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

Vega, Lope de.

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

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681--Criticism and interpretation.

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Staging Marriage in Early Modern Spain places dramatic representations of marriage within a historical and social framework and is framed by the decrees of the Council of Trent (1563), which ascribed sacramental status to marriage. While the diverse range of dramas examined in this study offer a multifaceted view of conjugal relations in early modern Spain, taken together they suggest a significant shift in the conventions governing marriage and other related social phenomena, including courtship and widowhood.

Contents:

How to be married: the moralists' perspective

The ABCs of marriage in Lope de Vega's Peribáñez y el comendador de ocaña

Bad breath, impotence, and poetry as grounds for divorce in Cervantes' El juez de los divorcios

A question of honor: marriage and murder in Pedro Calderón de la Barca's El médico de su honra

Marriage's end in widowhood in Lope de Vega's La viuda valenciana.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35609-7

1-283-05699-2

9786613056993

1-61148-053-1

OCLC:

726826933