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SPANISH STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1490–1700 (PROSE AND POETRY)

SPANISH STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1490–1700 (PROSE AND POETRY) Spanish Studies 225 LITERATURE, 1490 – 1700 (PROSE AND POETRY) By Carmen Peraita, Villanova University (This survey covers the years 1998–2000) 1. General Francisco Ma ´ rquez Villanueva, Menosprecio de Corte y alabanza de aldea (Valladolid, 1539) y el tema a ´ulico en la obra de fray Antonio de Guevara, Santander, Cantabria U.P., 1999, 176 pp., re-examines the perplexit- ies which reading G. raises, and debates whether Menosprecio could be classified as a medieval or Renaissance, erudite or popular text. Jeremy Robbins, The Challenges of Uncertainty. An Introduction to Seventeenth-Century Spanish Literature, Lanham, Rowman and Littlefield, 1998, 160 pp., is an interpretative introduction to the inventive, challenging, and powerful works of Baroque imagination, such as Cervantes, Quevedo, Gracia ´ n, Lope de Vega, Go ´ ngora, Tirso de Molina, Caldero ´ n de la Barca, Vela ´ zquez, and Murillo. R. examines how Baroque creativity responded to an unprecedented sense of uncertainty fostered by developments across Europe, emphasizing major themes, trends, and ideas that justify viewing the century as a separate period, with a distinct identity. This is primarily due to the crisis in knowledge which was a marked feature of the early modern period; intellectual uncertainties challenged many http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies Brill

SPANISH STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1490–1700 (PROSE AND POETRY)

Peraita, Carmen
The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies , Volume 62 (1): 225 – Dec 20, 2000
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Spanish Studies 225 LITERATURE, 1490 – 1700 (PROSE AND POETRY) By Carmen Peraita, Villanova University (This survey covers the years 1998–2000) 1. General Francisco Ma ´ rquez Villanueva, Menosprecio de Corte y alabanza de aldea (Valladolid, 1539) y el tema a ´ulico en la obra de fray Antonio de Guevara, Santander, Cantabria U.P., 1999, 176 pp., re-examines the perplexit- ies which reading G. raises, and debates whether Menosprecio could be classified as a medieval or Renaissance, erudite or popular text. Jeremy Robbins, The Challenges of Uncertainty. An Introduction to Seventeenth-Century Spanish Literature, Lanham, Rowman and Littlefield, 1998, 160 pp., is an interpretative introduction to the inventive, challenging, and powerful works of Baroque imagination, such as Cervantes, Quevedo, Gracia ´ n, Lope de Vega, Go ´ ngora, Tirso de Molina, Caldero ´ n de la Barca, Vela ´ zquez, and Murillo. R. examines how Baroque creativity responded to an unprecedented sense of uncertainty fostered by developments across Europe, emphasizing major themes, trends, and ideas that justify viewing the century as a separate period, with a distinct identity. This is primarily due to the crisis in knowledge which was a marked feature of the early modern period; intellectual uncertainties challenged many

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