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The Ambivalence of Imperial Discourse

Cervantes’s "La Numancia" within the ‘Lost Generation’ of Spanish Drama (1570-90)

Aaron Kahn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2008
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-03911-098-8 (ISBN)

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This book offers a new reading of Miguel de Cervantes's play La destrucción de Numancia (c.1583), analysing the work in relation to theories of empire in sixteenth-century Spain, in the context of plays written immediately before the rise in popularity of Lope de Vega and the comedia nueva, and the playwright's innovative use of dramatic techniques in this transitional period of Spanish drama. Dramatic writers have always used the stage as a medium through which they could comment on current events involving politics, religion, philosophy, and society; Cervantes was no exception. His discourse concerning imperial expansion in La Numancia has resulted in many conflicting interpretations of the play's meaning. This book explores the drama's thematic and generic ambiguities, as well as Cervantes's representation and interpretation of the historical record in the creation of his characters and his portrayal of the fall of Numancia in 133 BC to the Roman army of Scipio Aemilianus. Finally, this study addresses the significance of seemingly intentionally unclear discourse in reference to La Numancia and the turbulent political and religious environment of late sixteenth-century Spain.

The Author: Aaron M. Kahn received his D.Phil. in Golden Age Spanish Literature from the University of Oxford. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Sussex.

Contents: Moral Opposition to Philip II in Pre-Lopean Drama - Thematic Ambiguities - The Problematic Generic Classification of La Numancia - Representation and Interpretation of Historical Characters and Events: Scipio Aemilianus, Jugurtha, Viriatus, the Fall of Numancia - Theories of empire and imperial expansion - Scipio Aemilianus - History in literature - Spanish drama - Philip II of Spain.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.7.2008
Reihe/Serie	Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas ; 14
Verlagsort	Bern
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
Schlagworte	1570 • Aaron • Ambivalence • Canaparo • Cervantes • Cervantes's • Cervantes’s • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de • Claudio • discourse • Drama • El cerco de Numancia • Empire /Spain • Generation' • Generation’ • Hardcover, Softcover / Romanische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • HC/Romanische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • Imperial • Kahn • 'Lost • ‘Lost • numancia • Numancia&lt • Scipio Aemilianus • Spanish • Spanish drama • within
ISBN-10	3-03911-098-5 / 3039110985
ISBN-13	978-3-03911-098-8 / 9783039110988
Zustand	Neuware