Literary Patronage in Spain: 1500-1560

By Rosa Helena Chinchilla

Literary Patronage in Spain: 1500-1560
by Rosa-Helena Chinchilla

This study explores the relationship between patrons and authors. The introduction describes centers of literary production and printing, and introduces patronage as a useful tool in understanding literary context, printing history, and gender roles. Other sections of the book discuss the activity of women patrons who passed on their wealth to their daughters, who themselves became mothers; the renowned collector Menc a de Mendoza y Fonseca, the Duchess of Brabant; and the nobleman philosopher patron Gonzalo Fern ndez de C rdoba (the Third Duke of Sessa); one patron belonging to the royal family, the Infanta Juana, "La Princesa" and regent of Spain (1554-1559). Devotional texts for women, the ideal of "magnificence," and courtly intrigue surrounding Converso authors provides the cultural backdrop for understanding the work of poets, such as Garcilaso de la Vega, Juan Bosc n and Jorge de Montemayor; and men of letters such as Joan Anyes, Francisco Decio, Diego de Estella, Alonso de Orozco, Mart n de C rdoba, and Alonso de Ulloa.

By studying the dedicatory letters in early modern imprints, we see how the interests of literary patrons influenced the types of books dedicated to them, and how authors, often cited as household servants and as independent men of letters, sought out patronage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588713369
• ISBN13: 9781588713360
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Juan de La Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"