Discursive “Renovatio” in Lope de Vega and Calderón: Studies on Spanish Baroque Drama

Joachim Küpper

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2018

Discursive “Renovatio” in Lope de Vega and Calderón

Studies on Spanish Baroque Drama

Joachim Küpper

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110556094

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This volume presents a new approach to Spanish Baroque drama, inspired by Foucauldian discourse archeology, whose rare fusion of meticulous philology and ambitious theory will be exciting and fruitful both for specialists of Spanish literature and for anyone invested in the history of European thought. Detailed readings are dedicated to some of the most prominent plays by Lope de Vega and Calderón de la Barca, both autos sacramentales (El viaje del alma; El divino Orfeo; La lepra de Constantino) and comedias (El castigo sin venganza; El príncipe constante; El médico de su honra). The "archeological" perspective cast on the plays implies an integration of their discourse-historical "foils", from pagan antiquity through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, as well as a discussion of related discourses, mainly theological, philosophical and historiographical. A separate "excursus" suggests a reconsideration of the common manner in which the discursive relation between the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Mannerism and the Baroque is conceptualized.

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Joachim Küpper, Free University of Berlin, Germany

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	v
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. Defining the Baroque: Overview of Research, Outline of the Study’s Thesis Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Typologizing Remodeling and Restoration of the exemplum: Lope de Vega’s El castigo sin venganza Open Access Download PDF	28
3. Religious Drama as Corpus Christi Play: The auto sacramental as Condensed Manifestation of the Restored Discourse Open Access Download PDF	85
4. Excursus: Ruptures, Changes, and Evolutions. Outline of the Medieval, the Renaissance, and the Mannerist Discourse Open Access Download PDF	222
5. The Colonization of the New Worlds: Calderón’s El príncipe constante Open Access Download PDF	293
6. The Honor Case as ‘Emblem’ of a Damaged World: Calderón’s El médico de su honra Open Access Download PDF	376
7. Concluding Remarks Open Access Download PDF	455
References Open Access Download PDF	464
Index Open Access Download PDF	479

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Specialists in Cultural and Literary Studies, Hispanists, Historians of Literature
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 484
Keywords: Lope de Vega; Calderón; Drama; Spanish Golden Age; Baroque Literature

eBook

Published: November 7, 2017
ISBN: 9783110556094

Hardcover

Published: November 7, 2017
ISBN: 9783110556087