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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778292803321

Autore

Wagschal Steven <1967->

Titolo

The literature of jealousy in the age of Cervantes [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Wagschal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8262-6567-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

860.9/353

Soggetti

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

Jealousy in literature

Literature and society - Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores the theme of jealousy in early modern Spanish literature through the works of Lope de Vega, Cervantes, and Gongora. 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.