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Written by an international group of scholars, this edited
collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque from its
origins in tales of lowborn adventurers to its importance for the
modern novel, along with consideration of the debates that the
picaresque has inspired. The term picaresque describes a specific
set of early modern Spanish narratives relating the life story of a
lowborn adventurer in a realist, ironic, and often humorous manner.
The protagonist, the picaro or picara (rascal), seeks upward
mobility in a resolutely hierarchical society determined to prevent
his - or her - ascent, and both are rich targets of satire. Spanish
picaros inspired Anglo-French rogues including Gil Blas and Tom
Jones and paved the way for the modern novel. Written by an
international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an
overview of the Spanish picaresque novel from its origins to the
present day, along with a treatment of the debates that the
picaresque has inspired. After introductory chapters on the
picaresque genre and the origin of the phenomenon, the book
analyses canonical texts and their role in the picaresque spectrum.
Further chapters then turn to critical approaches to the genre and
manifestations of the picaresque in Hispanic America, France,
England, and modern Spain. Overall, the book affords readers a
broad sense of the range of this rich tradition and an in-depth
view of the field and its major texts.
Galileo never set foot on the Iberian Peninsula, yet, as Enrique
Garcia Santo-Tomas unfolds in The Refracted Muse, the news of his
work with telescopes brought him to surprising prominence--not just
among Spaniards working in the developing science of optometry but
among creative writers as well. While Spain is often thought to
have taken little notice of the Scientific Revolution, Garcia
Santo-Tomas tells a different story, one that reveals Golden Age
Spanish literature to be in close dialogue with the New Science.
Drawing on the work of writers such as Cervantes, Lope de Vega,
Calderon de la Barca, and Quevedo, he helps us trace the influence
of science and discovery on the rapidly developing and highly
playful genre of the novel. Indeed, Garcia Santo-Tomas makes a
strong case that the rise of the novel cannot be fully understood
without taking into account its relationship to the scientific
discoveries of the period.
Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain features essays by leading
scholars in the fields of literary studies and the history of
science, exploring the relationship between technical innovations
and theatrical events that incorporated scientific content into
dramatic productions. Focusing on Spanish dramas between 1500 and
1700, through the birth and development of its playhouses and
coliseums and the phenomenal success of its major writers, this
collection addresses a unique phenomenon through the most popular,
versatile, and generous medium of the time. The contributors tackle
subjects and disciplines as diverse as alchemy, optics, astronomy,
acoustics, geometry, mechanics, and mathematics to reveal how
theatre could be used to deploy scientific knowledge. While Science
on Stage contributes to cultural and performance studies it also
engages with issues of censorship, the effect of the Spanish
Inquisition on the circulation of ideas, and the influence of the
Eastern traditions in Spain.
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