| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Toronto Iberic series ; 53
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Toronto Iberic ; 53.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Arms and Letters analyses the unprecedented number of autobiographical accounts written by Spanish soldiers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These first-person retrospective works recount a range of experiences throughout the sprawling domain of the Hispanic monarchy. Reading a selection of autobiographies in contemporary historical context - including the coalescing of the first modern armies, which were partially populated by forced recruits and the urban poor - Faith S. Harden explains how soldiers adapted the concept of honour and contributed to the burgeoning autobiographical form. Harden argues that Spanish military life writing took two broad forms: the first as a petition, wherein the soldier's service was presented as a debt of honour, and second, as a series of misadventures, staging honour as a spectacle that captivated an audience. Honour was inevitably gendered and performative, and as such, it functioned as one of the overarching metrics of value that early modern men and women applied to themselves and others. In charting how non-elite subjects rendered their lives legitimate through autobiography, Arms and Letters contributes both to a critical genealogy of honour and to the history of life writing."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Arms and Letters -- 1 Virtue, Honour, and Exemplarity -- 2 Professional Honour and the Production of Knowledge -- 3 Spiritual Honour and Religious Authority -- 4 Playing the Pícaro -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English; includes some text in Spanish. |
| Subject |
Soldiers' writings, Spanish -- History and criticism.
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Soldiers' writings, Spanish. |
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Soldiers as authors -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.
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Soldiers as authors. |
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Spain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Soldiers as authors -- Spain -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Spain -- Armed Forces -- Military life.
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Armed Forces. |
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Honor -- Spain -- History.
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Honor. |
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Honor in literature.
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Honor in literature. |
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Soldiers in literature.
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Soldiers in literature. |
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Autobiography.
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Autobiography. |
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HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal. |
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Armed Forces -- Biography. |
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Armed Forces -- Military life. |
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Military biography. |
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Soldiers -- Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harden, Faith S., 1980- Arms and letters. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2020 1487507046 9781487507046 (OCoLC)1145280030 |
| ISBN |
9781487535452 ePUB |
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1487535457 ePUB |
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1487535449 electronic book |
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9781487535445 electronic book |
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