The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature ThisfirstcomprehensivehistoryofSpanishliteraturetobepublished inEnglishsincethe1970sbringstogetherexpertsfromtheUSA,the UnitedKingdom,andSpain.Together,theessayscoverthefullrange ofSpanishpoetry,prose,andtheatrefromtheearlyMiddleAgesto thepresentday.TheclassicsofthecanonofelevencenturiesofSpan- ish literature are covered, from Berceo, Cervantes and Caldero´n to Garc´ıaLorcaandMart´ınGaite,butattentionisalsopaidtolesser- knownwritersandworks.Thechapterschartawiderangeofliterary periodsandmovements.Thevolumeconcludeswithaconsideration of the influences of film and new media on modern Spanish litera- ture.Thisinvaluablebookcontainsanintroduction,morethanfifty substantial chapters, a chronology (covering key events in history, literature, and art), a bibliography, and a comprehensive index for easyreference. Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature Editedby David T. Gies Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 published by the press syndicate of the university of cambridge ThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom cambridge university press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,cb22ru,uk 40West20thStreet,NewYork,ny10011–4211,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia RuizdeAlarco´n13,28014Madrid,Spain DockHouse,TheWaterfront,CapeTown8001,SouthAfrica http://www.cambridge.org (cid:1)C CambridgeUniversityPress2004 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2004 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge TypefaceSabon10/12pt. SystemLATEX2ε [tb] AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata TheCambridgehistoryofSpanishliterature/editedbyDavidT.Gies. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn0521806186(hardback) 1.Spanishliterature–Historyandcriticism. I.Gies,DavidThatcher. pq6033.c36 2004 860.9–dc22 2004045601 isbn0521806186hardback ThepublisherhasuseditsbestendeavorstoensurethattheURLsforexternalwebsites referredtointhisbookarecorrectandactiveatthetimeofgoingtopress.However,the publisherhasnoresponsibilityforthewebsitesandcanmakenoguaranteethatasitewill remainliveorthatthecontentisorwillremainappropriate. Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents Notesoncontributors x Acknowledgments xxii Noteoncoverillustration xxiii Chronology xxiv i introduction TheFuneseffect:makingliteraryhistory 1 David T. Gies ii history and canonicity 1 Literaryhistoryandcanonformation 15 Wadda C. Rı´os-Font iii the medieval period 2 MedievalSpanishliteratureinthetwenty-firstcentury 39 John Dagenais 3 Beginnings 58 Maria Rosa Menocal 4 ThepoetryofmedievalSpain 75 Andrew M. Beresford 5 MedievalSpanishprose 95 James Burke 6 Themedievaltheatre:betweenscripturaandtheatrica 115 Charlotte D. Stern iv early modern spain: renaissance and baroque 7 RenaissanceandBaroque:continuityandtransformation inearlymodernSpain 137 Jeremy Robbins v Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 vi Contents 8 ReligiousliteratureinearlymodernSpain 149 Alison P. Weber 9 Renaissancepoetry 159 Julian Weiss 10 Theantecedentsofthenovelinsixteenth-centurySpain 178 E. Michael Gerli 11 MigueldeCervantes 201 Anthony J. Close 12 ThemakingofBaroquepoetry 222 Mary Malcolm Gaylord 13 Thedevelopmentofnationaltheatre 238 Margaret R. Greer 14 LopeFe´lixdeVegaCarpio 251 Victor F. Dixon 15 PedroCaldero´ndelaBarca 265 Evangelina Rodrı´guez Cuadros 16 Didacticprose,history,politics,lifewriting,convent writing,Cro´nicasdeIndias 283 Jorge Checa v the enlightenment and neoclassicism 17 SpainandEnlightenment 293 Philip Deacon 18 Eighteenth-centuryNeoclassicism 307 Philip Deacon 19 Eighteenth-centuryprosewriting 314 Joaquı´n A´ lvarez Barrientos 20 Eighteenth-centurypoetry 323 Joaquı´n A´ lvarez Barrientos 21 Neoclassicalversuspopulartheatre 333 Joaquı´n A´ lvarez Barrientos vi the forging of a nation: the nineteenth century 22 RomanticisminSpain 345 Derek Flitter Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents vii 23 ThetheatreinRomanticSpain 350 David T. Gies 24 MarianoJose´ deLarra 362 Gregorio C. Martı´n 25 Romanticpoetry 371 Susan Kirkpatrick 26 Romanticprose,journalism,andcostumbrismo 381 Michael Iarocci 27 BenitoPe´rezGaldo´s 392 Harriet S. Turner 28 TheRealistnovel 410 Stephen Miller 29 TheNaturalistnovel 423 Stephen Miller 30 ThetheatreinSpain1850–1900 436 David T. Gies 31 Poetryinthesecondhalfofthenineteenthcentury 448 Marı´a A´ ngeles Naval vii the modern, modernismo, andthe turn of the century 32 Nineteenth-centurywomenwriters 461 Lou Charnon-Deutsch 33 TheCatalanRenaixenc¸a 470 Joan Ramon Resina 34 GreatmastersofSpanishModernism 479 Nil Santia´n˜ez 35 ThepoetryofmodernismoinSpain 500 Richard A. Cardwell 36 ModernisminCatalonia 513 Joan Ramon Resina 37 Modernistnarrativeinthe1920s 520 C. A. Longhurst 38 Noucentisme 532 Joan Ramon Resina Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 viii Contents 39 Ideas,aesthetics,historicalstudies 538 Nelson R. Orringer 40 TheCatalanAvant-Garde 545 Joan Ramon Resina viii twentieth-century spain and the civil war 41 Poetrybetween1920and1940 555 Enric Bou 42 Prose:earlytwentiethcentury 569 Nigel Dennis 43 Thecommercialstage,1900–1936 579 Dru Dougherty 44 Theatricalreformandrenewal,1900–1936 587 Dru Dougherty 45 FedericoGarc´ıaLorca 595 Andrew A. Anderson ix in and out of franco spain 46 TheliteratureofFrancoSpain,1939–1975 611 Michael Ugarte 47 Twentieth-centuryliteratureinexile 620 Jose´ Marı´a Naharro Caldero´ n 48 ProseinFrancoSpain 628 Janet Perez 49 PoetryinFrancoSpain 643 Guillermo Carnero 50 TheatreinFrancoSpain 659 Martha Halsey 51 FilmandcensorshipunderFranco,1937–1975 677 Marvin D’Lugo x post-franco spanish literature and film 52 SpanishliteraturebetweentheFrancoand post-Francoeras 687 Jose´-Carlos Mainer Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents ix 53 Post-Francopoetry 694 Juan Cano Ballesta 54 Spanishprose,1975–2002 705 Brad Epps 55 Post-Francotheatre 724 Sharon G. Feldman 56 Spanishliteratureandthelanguageofnewmedia 739 Susan Martin-Ma´rquez Bibliography 756 Index 801 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008