{"product_id":"between-history-and-fiction-the-early-modern-spanish-siege-play-9783034303033","title":"Between History and Fiction: The Early Modern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study explores a number of early modern \u003ci\u003ecomedias\u003c\/i\u003e that deal with historical siege or military episodes in the history of the Iberian peoples. Cervantes’s \u003ci\u003eLa Numancia,\u003c\/i\u003e Lope de Vega’s \u003ci\u003eEl asalto de Mastrique\u003c\/i\u003e and his lesser known \u003ci\u003eLa nueva victoria de don Gonzalo de Córdoba,\u003c\/i\u003e Calderón de la Barca’s \u003ci\u003eEl sitio de Bredá,\u003c\/i\u003e and Vélez de Guevara’s \u003ci\u003eEl Hércules de Ocaña\u003c\/i\u003e are key texts examined here. Taking the distinction between history and fiction in Neo-Aristotelian literary theory as a point of departure, this book considers the intellectual and historical conditions that affect the ways in which early modern dramatists interpret historical events according to their own literary and ideological purposes. The interplay of history and fiction demonstrates uses and discontents of legitimizing fiction in the early modern period. Parallel themes of epic and siege intermingled with romance and carnivalesque humour, provide alternative perspectives to early modern representations of empire and war on the Spanish stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«‘Between History and Fiction’ provides scholarship with a valuable comparative study of siege plays written by Spain’s most important Golden-Age playwrights. The book demonstrates that the stage was widely used as a means of commenting on military events of the time period; ‘Between History and Fiction’ represents an important contribution to Golden-Age Spanish studies.» (Aaron M. Kahn, Bulletin of Spanish Studies)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Between History and Fiction: Early Modern Practices – The Early Modern History Play – Epic under Siege: The Classic Siege Play of \u003ci\u003eLa Numancia \u003c\/i\u003e – The Siege Play of the \u003ci\u003ecomedia nueva \u003c\/i\u003e– Romancing the Enemy: Generic Ambiguity in \u003ci\u003eLa Numancia \u003c\/i\u003e – Romantic Comedy in the \u003ci\u003ecomedia nueva\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043610362199,"sku":"9783034303033","price":48.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783034303033.jpg?v=1750958869","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-history-and-fiction-the-early-modern-spanish-siege-play-9783034303033","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}