Research Catalog

Title

Treacherous foundations : betrayal and collective identity in early Spanish epic, chronicle, and drama / Geraldine Coates.

Author

Hazbun, Geraldine.

Publication

Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis, c2009.

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Description

237 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book, the first sustained study of the theme of treachery in the founding myths of the Iberian Peninsula, considers literary versions, in epic, chronicle, and theatre, of the legends of Fernau Gonzalez, Bernardo del Carpio, and King Sancho II, from both medieval and early modern Spain, with a view to comparing the representation of treachery across two historical periods. It explores some of the ideological tensions inherent in the process of collective identity formation (mainly nationhood and the monarchical state) in the thirteenth and late sixteenth centuries, two crucial historical junctures for Spain. The theme of treachery is expanded to cover all aspects of treason and political disloyalty and, engaging with loyalty, trust, and the nature of kingship, the author illuminates aspects of Spanish cultural and political history. Consideration of the promotion of unity through the foundational reconstruction of the treacherous act provides insight into the nature of myth and collective memory, historical change and the collective response to crisis."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 281

Uniform Title

Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 281.

Subject

• Spanish literature > To 1500 > History and criticism
• Spanish literature > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Betrayal in literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references(p. [203]-228) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Trauma and triumph in the Poema de Fernán González -- "Et si desto menguas": imperial decline in the Estoria de España -- ¿Traición tan provada? Treachery refashioned in Juand de la Cueva -- The historical vision of Lope de Vega: Castile and castidad.

ISBN

• 9781855661882 (hbk.)
• 1855661888 (hbk.)

OCLC

299710130

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library