Writing in the Margin
Spanish Literature of the Golden Age
Oxford University Press · Print & ebook · April 30, 1999
This book, the first study of its kind to adopt a post-structuralist viewpoint, offers new readings of the major texts of the Spanish Renaissance, or Golden Age.
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- Who it’s for
- An analysis of Spanish Golden Age texts through discourse theory and terms borrowed from Derrida.
- Genres
- Iberian Lit Crit, Renaissance Literary Criticism, Literary Theory
- Published
- Oxford University Press, April 30, 1999
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This book, the first study of its kind to adopt a post-structuralist viewpoint, offers new readings of the major texts of the Spanish Renaissance, or Golden Age. Beginning with a comparison of Renaissance and modern theories of discourse, the main substance of the book appeals to terms borrowed from Jacques Derrida for the analysis of the three most important genres of the period: lyric poetry, picaresque narrative, and drama.
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Authors discussed include Gongora, Quevedo, Lope de Vega, Calderon, and Cervantes, the popularity of Don Quijote being attributed to its (apparent) repression of characteristics common to other Golden Age texts. In the conclusion it is suggested that Spain itself is the place of marginality, the supplement to a Europe which cannot admit it but dare not exclude it. Writing in the Margin is addressed to all specialists in Spanish literature and in the comparative literature of the Renaissance. There are translations of the Spanish quotations.
Golden Age Genres
An analysis of Spanish Golden Age texts through discourse theory and terms borrowed from Derrida.
Come here for
- Readings of lyric poetry, picaresque narrative, and drama
- Discussions of Gongora, Quevedo, Lope de Vega, Calderon, and Cervantes
Expect
- A comparison of Renaissance and modern theories of discourse
- Translations of the Spanish quotations
Where it sits
| Iberian Lit Crit | 84% |
|---|---|
| Renaissance Literary Criticism | 63% |
| Literary Theory | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Iberian Lit Crit
- Authors
- Paul Julian Smith
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- April 30, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Iberian Lit Crit