Description
Book SynopsisThe English Reformation in the Spanish Imagination examines early modern Spanish literary works that represent English Catholics and figures from the English Reformation, including Henry and Elizabeth Tudor, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Sir Francis Drake, and Mary Stuart. Deborah R. Forteza compares these texts to assess how rhetorical and genre distinctions open and constrain the Spanish representations and how these exchanges inform Anglo-Spanish perceptions and relations.
The book focuses on the literary representation of characters as classical and biblical monsters and saints and considers how these images were transformed and deployed in lesser-known poems, plays, and novels in order to capture the Spanish imagination. Through these sources, Forteza reveals the complex fraternal and antagonistic links between England and Spain, including Black Legend and Counter-Reformation exchanges.
In examining the works that shaped Spain’s view of England
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“The book is a valuable resource for others seeking to pursue further study of what has hitherto been a largely under-researched aspect of early modern European culture.” -- Eamonn Rodgers * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. The War Brewing in Europe and Its Weapons: Ecclesiastical Histories and Martyrologies 2. How English Monsters Overtook Spain: Ribadeneyra's Adaptation of the English Schism and Yepes’ Sequel 3. Who Gets to Be a Saint? Writing the English Reformation in Luisa De Carvajal’s Letters 4. Monsters and Saints in Poetry and The Stage: Lope and Calderón 5. A Novel Way of Looking at The English Reformation: Ribadeneyra and Cervantes' La Española Inglesa Conclusion Works Cited
