Contradictory Subjects : Quevedo, Cervantes, and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Culture / George Mariscal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mariscal, George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645--Criticism and interpretation.

Individualism in literature.

Subjectivity in literature.

Civilization, Modern--17th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Spain--Civilization--1516-1700.

Spain.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 227 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This ambitious book attempts to rehistoricize the Golden Age of Spain (ca. 1550-1680) by placing literary production in its socio-cultural context. Drawing on theories of cultural materialism and making use of historical analysis, George Mariscal focuses on the ways in which the problem of subjectivity is constructed in the writing of the period, particularly the poetry of Francisco de Quevedo and Cervantes' Don Quixote.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. The Subject of Hispanism

2. Tracking the Subject in Early Modern Spain

3. Francisco de Quevedo: Individuation and Exclusion

4. Miguel de Cervantes: Deindividuating Don Quixote

Afterword: The Exigencies of Agency

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-2849-0

OCLC:

1132229582