Arms and letters : military life writing in early modern Spain /

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"Arms and Letters analyses the unprecedented number of autobiographical accounts written by Spanish soldiers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These first-person retrospective works recount a range of experiences throughout the sprawling domain of the Hispanic monarchy. Reading a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harden, Faith S., 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2020.
Series:Toronto Iberic ; 53.
Subjects:
Soldiers' writings, Spanish > History and criticism.
Soldiers as authors > Spain > History > 16th century.
Soldiers as authors > Spain > History > 17th century.
Honor > Spain > History.
Honor in literature.
Soldiers in literature.
Autobiography.
Autobiographies as Topic
Écrits de militaires espagnols > Histoire et critique.
Militaires écrivains > Espagne > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Militaires écrivains > Espagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Honneur > Espagne > Histoire.
Honneur dans la littérature.
Autobiographie.
autobiography (genre)
HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal
Armed Forces > Biography
Armed Forces > Military life
Autobiography
Honor
Honor in literature
Military biography
Soldiers > Biography
Soldiers' writings, Spanish
Spain > Armed Forces > Military life.
Spain
Renaissance.
Spanish literature.
autobiography.
chivalric.
early modern.
honor.
honour.
life.
literature.
memoirs.
military.
novel.
picaresque novel.
self-fashioning.
soldiers.
war.
writing.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Arms and Letters
  • 1 Virtue, Honour, and Exemplarity
  • 2 Professional Honour and the Production of Knowledge
  • 3 Spiritual Honour and Religious Authority
  • 4 Playing the Pícaro
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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