Carajicomedia: Parody and Satire in Early Modern Spain (Monografías A)
Frank A. Dominguez
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Description for Carajicomedia: Parody and Satire in Early Modern Spain (Monografías A)
Hardcover. A study and edition of one of the most ignored works of early Spanish literature because of its strong sexual content, this work examines the social ideology that conditioned the reactions of people to the events it describes as well as Fernando de Rojas's masterpiece, Celestina. Num Pages: 616 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 257 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Since Carajicomedia was published in 1519, it has been largely ignored by critics because of its strong sexual content. The author of Carajicomedia: Parody and Satire in Early Modern Spain believes that it is a sophisticated and complex composition that provides as good a vantage point from which to examine the ideology of the period as does La Celestina. In their poems, the writers of Carajicomedia inadvertently reveal the deep worries of the knights and nobles who opposed the regencies of Ferdinand the Catholic and Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros pending the arrival of Charles V. Carajicomedia is therefore ... Read more
Since Carajicomedia was published in 1519, it has been largely ignored by critics because of its strong sexual content. The author of Carajicomedia: Parody and Satire in Early Modern Spain believes that it is a sophisticated and complex composition that provides as good a vantage point from which to examine the ideology of the period as does La Celestina. In their poems, the writers of Carajicomedia inadvertently reveal the deep worries of the knights and nobles who opposed the regencies of Ferdinand the Catholic and Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros pending the arrival of Charles V. Carajicomedia is therefore ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1128g
Number of Pages
609
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855662896
SKU
V9781855662896
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About Frank A. Dominguez
Frank A. Dominguez is a professor of medieval Spanish literature and culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Reviews for Carajicomedia: Parody and Satire in Early Modern Spain (Monografías A)
Frank Dominguez's book is, in short, the most complete, systematic, and exhaustive study of the Carajacomedia, as well as an attempt to remove the old text from the estate of philology or literary archeology and give it a modern patina that makes it attractive to the contemporary community of experts. IBEROAMERICANA Carajicomedia emerges as ... Read more