Reading Illegitimacy in Early Iberian Literature

Illegitimacy is a flexible concept in early Iberian literature, shaped by marriage, sex, bodies, ethnicity, religion, lineage, and legacy, and constructed around axes of quantity and completeness. Truth, propriety, and standards of behavior are not forged in law code or pulpit but in literature's fluid system of producing meaning.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 271 pages
Publication date: 13 November 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

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Reading Illegitimacy in Early Iberian Literature delves into the concept of illegitimacy as a dynamic, imaginative, and flexible notion in early literature, challenging societal definitions of what is deemed acceptable. Through a diverse array of medieval epic poems, such as Cantar de Mio Cid and Mocedades de Rodrigo, the ballad tradition, Cervantes' Novelas ejemplares, and Lope de Vega's theatre, Geraldine Hazbun compellingly illustrates that illegitimacy and legitimacy are interconnected and malleable categories shaped by factors such as marriage, sex, bodies, ethnicity, religion, lineage, and legacy. These literary texts, encompassing a wide range of illegitimate figures, some with historical roots, demonstrate that truth, propriety, and behavioral standards are not rigidly forged by legal codes or religious sermons but rather emerge from the fluid and dynamic system of meaning-making within literature.

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Illegitimacy in Early Iberian Literature explores the concept of illegitimacy as a fluid, imaginative, and flexible notion in early literature, challenging societal definitions of what is deemed acceptable. Through a diverse array of medieval epic poems, such as Cantar de Mio Cid and Mocedades de Rodrigo, the ballad tradition, Cervantes' Novelas ejemplares, and Lope de Vega's theatre, Geraldine Hazbun compellingly illustrates that illegitimacy and legitimacy are interconnected and malleable categories shaped by factors such as marriage, sex, bodies, ethnicity, religion, lineage, and legacy. These literary texts, encompassing a wide range of illegitimate figures, some with historical roots, demonstrate that truth, propriety, and behavioral standards are not rigidly forged by legal codes or religious sermons but rather emerge from the fluid and dynamic system of meaning-making within literature.

Weight: 376g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030595715
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020