Art of Subversion in Inquisitional Spain (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures)

Annotation Rojas?s Celestina (1499) Is Perhaps The Second Greatest Work Of Spanish Literature, Right After Don Quixote, And Delicado Sought To Surpass It With La Lozana Andaluza (1530), An Important Precedent Of The Picaresque Novel. Both Works Were Written During The Height Of The Inquisition, When The Only Relatively Safe Way For New Christian Writers Of Jewish Extraction Like Rojas And Delicado To Express What They Felt About The Discrimination They Suffered And Their Doubts Regarding The Faith That Had Been Forced Upon Their Ancestors Was In A Covert, Indirect Manner. Some Scholars Have Detected This Subversive Element In Rojas? And Delicado?s Corrosive View Of The Christian Societies In Which They Lived, But This Book Goes Far Beyond Such Impressionism, Showing Through Abundant Textual Evidence That These Two Authors Used Superficial Bawdiness And Claims Regarding The Morality Of Their Respective Works As Cover To Encode Attacks Against The Central Dogmas Of Christianity: The Annunciation, The Virgin Birth, The Incarnation, And The Holy Trinity. This Book, Which Will Generate Controversy Among Hispanists, Many Of Whom Have Refused To Examine These Works For Non-catholic Views, Will Be Of Interest Not Only To Students And Scholars Of Spanish Literature, But Also To Those Involved In Jewish Studies, Medieval European History, And Cultural Studies. Annotation Rojas's Celestina (1499) Is Perhaps The Second Greatest Work Of Spanish Literature After Don Quixote. Delicado Sought To Surpass It With La Lozana Andaluza (1530), An Important Precedent Of The Picaresque Novel. Both Works Were Written During The Height Of The Inquisition, When The Only Relatively Safe Way For New Christian Writers Of Jewish Extraction Was To Express What They Felt In A Covert Manner. The Converso Problem -- Repression And Artistic Expression -- The Idea Of Limpieza In Celestina, La Lozana Andaluza, And Other Literary Works -- Celestina As An Antithesis Of The Blessed Mother -- Christian Prayer And Dogma In Celestina : The Polemic Continues -- Sailing, Renaissance Rome, And Exile In La Lozana Andaluza : An Allegorical Reading -- The Holy Trinity And The Annunciation In La Lozana Andaluza -- Rojas, Delicado, And The Art Of Subversion. Manuel Da Costa Fontes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 305-338) And Index. Rojas' Celestina (1499) and Delicado's La Lozana andaluza (1530) were written during the height of the Spanish Inquisition. This book shows through textual evidence that these two authors used superficial bawdiness and claims regarding the morality of their respective works as cover to encode attacks against the central dogmas of Christianity.