| Escape from the Prison of Love: Caloric Identities and Writing Subjects in Fifteenth-Century Spain Contributor(s): Folger, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807892963 ISBN-13: 9780807892961 Publisher: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill D OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: "Escape from the Prison of Love" is an exploration of medieval modes of subject constitution and their transformation in fifteenth-century Spanish sentimental romance, with a particular focus on Diego de San PedroAAA1/2s "CAAA1/2rcel de amor." Drawing on premodern psychological models, Robert Folger argues that courtly self-fashioning through amatory performance provided an alternative and threat to the medieval gradual build-up of the self through "hexis" and "habitus." In the light of the unsettling gender implications for the courtly lover, says Folger, the authors of sentimental fiction explored new ways of subject constitution based not on passionate attachment but on identification. "CAAA1/2rcel de amor" shows how new forms of writing and reading techniques and authorship provided an avenue for a new notion of interiority that was essential to the Golden Age of Spanish literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 863.095 |
| LCCN: 2009006465 |
| Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Escape from the Prison of Love is an exploration of medieval modes of subject constitution and their transformation in fifteenth-century Spanish sentimental romance, with a particular focus on Diego de San Pedro's Carcel de amor. Drawing on premodern psychological models, Robert Folger argues that courtly self-fashioning through amatory performance provided an alternative and threat to the medieval gradual build-up of the self through hexis and habitus. In the light of the unsettling gender implications for the courtly lover, says Folger, the authors of sentimental fiction explored new ways of subject constitution based not on passionate attachment but on identification. Carcel de amor shows how new forms of writing and reading techniques and authorship provided an avenue for a new notion of interiority that was essential to the Golden Age of Spanish literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Folger, Robert: - Robert Folger is chair of Spanish Literature and Culture at Utrecht University. He is author of Images in Mind: Lovesickness, Spanish Sentimental Fiction, and Don Quijote. |