Myth and Identity in the Epic of Imperial Spain
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: July 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780826212771
Subjects: Poetry & poets: 16th to 18th centuries; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Poetry; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Spanish; Literary Criticism; Spain; European - Spanish & Portuguese; General; Classical period, 1500-1700; Epic poetry, Spanish; Group identity in literature; History and criticism; Spanish Poetry
Description: "Examining these epics as the major site for the construction of cultural identities and Renaissance nationalist myths, Davis analyzes the means by which the epic constructs a Spanish sense of self. Because this sense of identity is not easily susceptible to direct representation, it is often derived in opposition to an "other," which serves to reaffirm Spanish cultural superiority.

The Spanish Christian caballeros are almost always pitted against Amerindians, Muslims, Jews, or other adversaries portrayed as backward or heathen for their cultural and ethnic differences."--BOOK JACKET.