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The corpus of literary works shaped by the Renaissance and the Baroque that appeared in Spain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had a transforming effect on writing throughout Europe and left a rich legacy that scholars continue to explore. For four decades after the Spanish Civil War the study of this literature flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, where many of the leading scholars in the field were based. Though this particular 'Golden Age' was followed by a decline for many years, there have recently been signs of a significant revival. The present book seeks to showcase the latest research of established and younger colleagues from Great Britain and Ireland on the Spanish Golden Age. It falls into four sections, in each of which works by particular authors are examined in detail: prose (Miguel de Cervantes, Francisco de Quevedo, Baltasar Gracian), poetry (The Count of Salinas, Luis de Gongora, Pedro Soto de Rojas), drama (Cervantes, Calderon, Lope de Vega), and colonial writing (Bernardo Balbuena, Hernando Dominguez Camargo, Alonso de Ercilla). There are essays also on more general themes (the motif of poetry as manna; rehearsals on the Golden Age stage; proposals put to viceroys on governing Spanish Naples). The essays, taken together, offer a representative sample of current scholarship in England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Artifice and Invention in the Spanish Golden Age
• Author: Stephen Boyd & Terence OReilly
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 232
• EAN: 9781909662162
• ISBN: 190966216X
• ID: 02383827
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 620 g
• Dimensions: 254 × 172 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. November 2014

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