Title: Imperial tapestries : narrative form and the question of Spanish Habsburg power, 1530-1647 /
Authors: Farmer, Julia L.,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Habsburger; Habsburg, House of In literature.; Habsburg, House of.; Politics in literature.; Power (Social sciences) in literature.; War in literature.; Spanish literature History and criticism; Italian literature History and criticism; Italian literature.; Literature; Politics in literature.; Power (Social sciences) in literature.; Spanish literature Classical period.; War in literature.
Abstract: Imperial Tapestries explores how key authors of early modern Italy and Spain questioned Habsburg authority through "imperial texts"--Texts that call attention to their organizational process. In so doing, the study offers innovative insights into the politics of such classic authors as Ludovico Ariosto, Garcilaso de la Vega, Jorge de Montemayor, Miguel de Cervantes, and María de Zayas as it teases out the nuances of their often indirect portrayals of their relationship with the Crown.--Publisher description.
Contents: Introduction -- Dragged under his roof: Ariosto's Interlace and the imperial web of Charles V -- One moment of madness: Garcilaso de la Vega and the frame of exile -- The call of the labyrinth: Jorge de Montemayor and the Habsburg court -- Threading the labyrinth: Don Quixote, Philip II, and the unraveling web of empire -- The gravest of dangers: María de Zayas and Philip IV's shattered imperial frame -- Epilogue.