Essays focus on Baroque as a concept and category of analysis which has been central to an understanding of Hispanic cultures during the last several hundred years

This book is the latest volume in the popular ""Hispanic Issues"" series. The volume explores the role played by culture in the transition to democracy in Latin America's Southern Cone (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) and Spain, with a focus on opposing stances of acceptance and defiance by artists and intellectuals in post-authoritarian regimes.

This book is the latest volume in the popular ""Hispanic Issues"" series. The volume explores the role played by culture in the transition to democracy in Latin America's Southern Cone (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) and Spain, with a focus on opposing stances of acceptance and defiance by artists and intellectuals in post-authoritarian regimes.

"Autobiography in Early Modern Spain " was first published in 1991. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Autobiography in Early Modern Spain Nicholas Spadaccini and Jenaro Talens, Editors

Introduction. The Construction of the Self: Notes on Autobiography in Early Modern SpainNicholas Spadaccini and Jenaro Talens

Chapter 1. Narration and Argumentation in Autobiographical Discourse Antonio Gomez-Moriana

Chapter 2. A Clown at Court: Francesillo de Zuniga's Cronica burlesca George Mariscal

Chapter 3. A Methodological Prolegomenon to a Post-Modernist Reading of Santa Teresa's AutobiographyPatrick Dust

Chapter 4. Golden Age Autobiography: The Soldiers Margarita Levisi

Chapter 5. The Picaresque as Autobiography: Story and History Edward Friedman

Chapter 6. The Historical Function of Picaresque Autobiographies: Toward a History of Social OffendersAnthony N. Zahareas

Chapter 7. Fortune's Monster and the Monarchy in "Las relaciones de Antonio Perez "Helen H. Reed

Chapter 8. The Woman at the Border: Some Thoughts on Cervantes and Autobiography Ruth El Saffar

Chapter 9. Poetry as Autobiography: Theory and Poetic Practice in Cervantes Jenaro Talens

Appendix Curriculum vitae"Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra"

Essays focus on Baroque as a concept and category of analysis which has been central to an understanding of Hispanic cultures during the last several hundred years