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  • Iglesia, mar y Casa Real: Imaginario de la odisea en la épica del Siglo de Oro

    Author(s):
    Elizabeth B. Davis (see profile)
    Date:
    1999
    Group(s):
    Early Modern History, Imperialism & Exploration, Poetics and Poetry, Renaissance / Early Modern Studies, Spanish Golden Age Literature
    Subject(s):
    Spanish poetry--Classical period, Araucana (Ercilla y Zúñiga, Alonso de), Epic poetry, Spanish, Success, Soldiers, Avarice, Common good, Civil service
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Alonso de Ercilla, La Araucana, Spanish epic, Vassalage, Wars of conquest, Mejora, Autobiography and epic, Greed, Travel literature, Odyssey
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/edjp-tn35
    Abstract:
    In this book chapter, Dr. Davis examines the depiction of a dissimulated desire for material improvement (mejora) as it is expressed in the epic poetry of imperial Spain, particularly in Alonso de Ercilla's La Araucana. She shows that within the aristocratic context of the times, the desire for personal betterment or "mejora" is always contingent upon the need to demonstrate one's accomplishments as a king's man who has served the imperial monarchy in arduous battles and difficulties, sometimes in an effort to conquer distant lands. Davis argues that the contrast between these two demands gives rise to an important tension that is perceptible in the text and that leads to an exhaustion the reader senses in the narrative voice toward the end of the long epic poem.
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    Publisher:
    Madrid: Castalia. With the sponsorship of The Ohio State University.
    Pub. Date:
    1999
    Book Title:
    Literatura de viajes: El Viejo Mundo y el Nuevo
    Author/Editor:
    Salvador García Castañeda
    Page Range:
    75 - 82
    ISBN:
    84-7039-842-3
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    8 months ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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