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The Legend of Bernardo del Carpio From Chronicle to Drama

The Legend of Bernardo del Carpio From Chronicle to Drama

Burton, David G.

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ISBN10: 0196379547
ISBN13: 9780196379548
Publisher: Perugia Pr
Published: Jun 16 2015
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Comedia de la libertad de España por Bernardo del Carpio, a play written in 1579 by Juan de la Cueva, is based upon events in the life of the legendary hero of the Spanish Middle Ages. Professor Burton demonstrates in this first complete study of the play that Cueva goes beyond the mere presentation of Bernardo del Carpio and his victory over Charlemagne and the French army at Roncesvalles. The study is important in the criticism of the early Spanish Theater because it shows that Cueva imbued his play with many levels of meaning, as the exultation of a national hero, as a political allegory of Philip lI's attempt to add Portugal to the Spanish crown, as a triumph of virtue over vice, and, at its heart, as a statement of faith in which forgiveness and the promise of redemption follow sin and repentance. Burton deserves thanks for his interesting analysis of Cueva's style. Future Bernardo studies will have to take this work into consideration.-Anthony J. Cárdenas, Journal of Hispanic Philology.

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