Front Lines: Soldiers' Writing in the Early Modern Hispanic World

Miguel Martinez; Miguel Martínez

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2016

Front Lines

Soldiers' Writing in the Early Modern Hispanic World

Miguel Martinez and Miguel Martínez

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https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293128

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About this book

Front Lines documents the literary practices of imperial Spain's common soldiers. The epic poems, chronicles, ballads, and autobiographies that these soldiers wrote at the front provide a critical view from below on state violence and imperial expansion.

Author / Editor information

Miguel Martinez teaches Spanish at the University of Chicago.

Reviews

"Miguel Martínez has identified something rare in early modern studies, a middle- to working-class republic of letters, rooted in a coherent social practice, and self-consciously set off against its putative betters. Front Lines is not just about war, soldiers, and empires, but about the social location of the Renaissance."—Ricardo Padrón, University of Virginia

"Front Lines highlights a series of 'gunpowder epics' whose aesthetic and ideological priorities openly defied those of both learned epic and Carolingian romance. I know of no other work that evokes so fully the existence of an entire subculture of soldier-writers with their bracingly direct take on military life and often experimental way with received genres."—Michael Armstrong-Roche, Wesleyan University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction The Muses’ Comrades Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Soldiers’ Republic of Letters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2. The Truth About War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
3. Rebellion, Captivity, and Survival Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
4. New World War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
5. Home from War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Other: 12 illus.
Keywords: Cultural Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Literature

eBook

Published: July 28, 2016
ISBN: 9780812293128