Bücher der Reihe North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures

The first edition (Toledo, 1526) is here reproduced in facsimile in honor of Professor Sterling A. Stoudemire. Oviedo, an official chronicler of the Indies, describes in naive but charming fashion the dazzling variety of new flora and fauna as well as the customs of the Indians he has observed in the Caribbean Islands.

Winner of the 1949 Language Association Oxford Award, Literature through Art, first published in 1952, sketches the history of French literature in terms of its relations to the fine arts, using pictures to interpret literature and literary texts to interpret art.

Examines the thematic unity of Les Tragiques as the resolution of disorder, interprets its form as a fusion of generic tragedy and the epic, draws a parallel between the poem and the Book of Revelation, and treats aspects of structure and style in the light of this reading of Les Tragiques as tragedy and Apocalypse.

An annotated edition of a unique Spanish translation of Guido de Colonna's Latin version of the Old French Roman de Troie by Benoit de Sainte-Maure. The editor has provided a useful critical apparatus, including a source study and a glossary.

This study has as its object the presentation of a new approach to the understanding of the content and style of the works of Francisco de Quevedo.

The author identifies the existentialist thinkers. After a review of the criticism (most of which does not consider Ortega an existentialist), the themes chosen are traced in his works, pointing out the ways in which he coincides with or differs from the usual existentialist treatment and attitudes.

Brings to light the significant influence of the Roman dramatist and philosopher, Seneca, on the works of Racine. After describing the characteristics of Senecan tragedy and the role it played in French drama from Jodelle through Corneille, Ronald W. Tobin analyses Racine's adoption and absorption of Senecan material into his own plays.

Scholarly opinion on the philosophical and aesthetic significance of Ronsard's Christianity is sharply divided. This monograph makes a thorough review of the most important and representative writings on the question. The foreword by W.L. Wiley describes the broad cultural and literary framework within which Ronsard's Christianity may be examined.

The only play of Lope de Vega's involving the Cid and Sancho II, this work has long been admired by critics of the Golden Age drama for its vitality and poetic character. This edition brings to light new variants and passages missing in the known printed editions.

The first critical analysis of this comedia de costumbres y de enredo, written in 1617 by the creator of the national Spanish theater. In his edition, Professor Picerno has retained the orthography of Lope's original autograph manuscript, in which modern capitalization, punctuation, and accentuation have been added.

Utilizing the various methods already established by recognized authorities in the field, Mr. Clark studies ten doubtful plays long attributed to Lope. Contrasting subjective impressions of literary historians and the results of the objective tests applied to the comedias, the author discounts Lope's authorship of the ten works.

This morphological study is designed to show the transformation from Latin verbs into the Old and Modern Italian verbal system. The work is inspired by the methods of traditional, historical philology, and its intent is largely pedagogical.

Examines the dialogue tradition as it shaped the structure and themes of Lobo's seventeenth-century classic. Lobo's departure from earlier views of courtly lore is shown in his preference for social eloquence and literary cultivation over nobility of character and physical prowess.

This volume, presented to Professor Pei on the occasion of his retirement from Columbia, contains sixteen studies by his former students in the fields of Romance philology and medieval literature.

Examines the Old Provencal language on the basis of philological interpretations of a few selected texts, both prose and poetry. The secondary source material includes a razo and two vidas from the troubadour biographies, as well as three poems selected from the works of Bernart de Ventadorn, the Countess of Dia, and Giraut de Bornelh.

Contains sixteen articles that have been previously published in various journals and homage volumes but are now almost inaccessible, if not entirely forgotten. Two of these articles deal with the Golden Age drama in general, and the others concern rather unusual aspects of the theatrical production of the period.

The alcade of Andujar during the reign of Henry IV of Castile (1454-1474), Escavias was also a historian, a poet, and a counsellor to the king. Based on unpublished documents, this volume discusses the various aspects of his life and demonstrates conclusively that he was the author of Hechos de Miguel Lucas de Iranzo.

This study is an admirable addition to the corpus treating the Auto Sacramental in Golden Age Spain. Through this book, Dr. Donald Thaddeus Dietz demonstrates the allegorization of New Testament parables by dramatists in sixteenth and seventeenth century Spain. Forming an excellent introduction to the genres of the Auto and the parable, this work opens the genre for a contemporary reader, and contextualizes it within its historiographic and literary contexts.

This book is an exploration into reading Du Bartas's poetry, specifically Creation, as baroque. Its contents include: Etat Present des Etudes sur du Bartas, Les Criteres de L'Oeuvre Baroque, La Creation du Monde: Etude du Poeme, and Du Bartas Entre la Pleiade et le Baroque.

Volume 137 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.

Volume 138 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.

This book presents a chronological study of the critical and scholastic work on the Cid. It starts at the beginning of the Eighteenth-century with the rediscovery and the publication of the poem, and ends in 1971, just before the publication of one of the revolutionary modern editions of the text. The most impressive trait of this study is its exhaustiveness. It masterfully organizes a vast field of information in a comprehensive and accessible way. This volume is a very useful tool for any student of the Cid: from the novice to the most expert investigator.

This excellent introductory study offers entry to the life, reputation and works of Alvaro Cubillo de Aragon (1596-1661). By dividing her study by genre, Dr. Shirley B. Whitaker codifies the universals uniting the work of this prolific playwright, from his mythological plays, to his histories, to his religious works, to the Comedias de costumbres for which he is best known.

Contents: Tirso in the Era of Reform and Rapid Change; Tirso, Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza Lope, and the 'Junta de Reformacion'; Tirso's Relations to Lope and His Theatre Reappraised; Tirso, Lope, Luis Velez, and the Conde de Olivares: Literary and Political Satire in Tirso's La fingida Arcadia; Tirso and Various Caricatures of Luis Velez in 1625, in particular one from Tirso's 'Segunda parte' (1625); Tirso and the 'Corpulent' Poet; Tirso and Velez's currilous Copla, Together with Other Satire; Tirso against Juan Ruiz de Alarcon and Luis Velez; Assessments and Reassessments.

Volume 156 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.

Volume 157 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.

Includes articles by Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce, William D. Ilgen, Luis Leal, Cyril A. Jones, Luis Monguilo, Donald F. Fogelquist, James A. Castaneda, Allen W. Phillips, Ivan A. Schulman, Philip Metzidakis, Enrique Pupo-Walker, Roberto Esquenazi-Mayo, Andrew P. Debicki, Fernando Alegria, and Roberto Gonzales Echeverria.

With Vida u Obra de Petrarca, Dr. Francisco Rico questions whether the traditional biography of Petrarch is a product of the real life of the author, or from the critical understanding of his work. In this volume, he analyzes the environment and periodization of the Secretum, relocating its date of publication. It has long been assumed that the Secretum--composed of three dialogues in which "Augustine," in the presence of "Truth" tries to persuade "Francis" to seek spiritual perfection--reflects a spiritual crisis on the part of the author. This is the supposition that Dr. Rico calls into question. This comprehensive, Spanish-language study opens the way for a more realistic interpretation of both the works and motivations of Petrarch.

Volume 162 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.

Volume 163 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.