| Contradictory Subjects: Quevedo, Cervantes, and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Culture Subjects: Quevedo Francisco de 1580–1645 -- Criticism and interpretation; Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de 1547–1616 -- Criticism and interpretation; Subjectivity in literature; Individualism in literature; Spain -- Civilization -- 1516–1700; This ambitious book attempts to rehistoricize the Golden Age of Spain (ca. 1550-1680) by placing literary production in its socio-cultural context. Drawing on theories of cultural materialism and making use of historical analysis, George Mariscal... George Mariscal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. |