Reviews
Ambitious, deeply researched study... The Eve of Spain makes a significant contribution to Hispanic studies... Likewise, the study presents a useful model for trans-historical literary scholarship, a feat for which Grieve should be applauded., "In searching for the medieval origins of Spanish nationalism, Grieve's provocative book promises to intervene in some of the thorniest debates in modern Spanish historiography, at the same time as it engages the larger scholarly public interested in the premodern contribution to nation building and nationalism." -- Adam G. Beaver, Journal of Modern History, An impressive, erudite, and multidisciplinary approach... Grieve is to be commended for showing that such discourses transcend Iberian literature. Highly recommended., In searching for the medieval origins of Spanish nationalism, Grieve's provocative book promises to intervene in some of the thorniest debates in modern Spanish historiography, at the same time as it engages the larger scholarly public interested in the premodern contribution to nation building and nationalism., The Eve of Spain is an erudite, engaging, and original excursion into the literary psyche of medieval and early -- modern Spain., This is an ambitious work, the scope of which is temporarily and thematically enormous...this study adds a very important layer to the ongoing debate about the nature of interfaith relations in pre-modern Iberia and the role ethnic and religious diversity played in shaping Spanish culture from the colonial era through to the twentieth century., "Ambitious, deeply researched study... The Eve of Spain makes a significant contribution to Hispanic studies... Likewise, the study presents a useful model for trans-historical literary scholarship, a feat for which Grieve should be applauded." -- Rachel L. Burk, Caliope, "An impressive, erudite, and multidisciplinary approach... Grieve is to be commended for showing that such discourses transcend Iberian literature. Highly recommended." -- Choice, "Grieve makes it clear why history matters, noting that while medieval and early modern societies do not mirror today's complex world, they 'nonetheless are seedlings of, and bear some relationship to, today's globalized world and geopolitical issues'." -- Rebecca Moore, Journal of Church History, This is an ambitious work, the scope of which is temporarily and thematically enormous... this study adds a very important layer to the ongoing debate about the nature of interfaith relations in pre-modern Iberia and the role ethnic and religious diversity played in shaping Spanish culture from the colonial era through to the twentieth century., Grieve makes it clear why history matters, noting that while medieval and early modern societies do not mirror today's complex world, they 'nonetheless are seedlings of, and bear some relationship to, today's globalized world and geopolitical issues'., This is a highly professional academic study that very efficiently pursues the myth of La Cava and its reception by various writers through the centuries., ""This is an ambitious work, the scope of which is temporarily and thematically enormous... this study adds a very important layer to the ongoing debate about the nature of interfaith relations in pre-modern Iberia and the role ethnic and religious diversity played in shaping Spanish culture from the colonial era through to the twentieth century."", The Eve of Spain is an erudite, engaging, and original excursion into the literary psyche of medieval and early-modern Spain.
Table of Content
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrologueAct One: Fall and Redemption (711-1492)1. Setting the StageOf Women, Kings, and NationOrigins of a National Myth2. Granada Is the BrideUsing History to Shape a National PastLa Cava and the King... and Pelayo and His Sister""She Came to Him in His Prison Cell""The Jewess of Toledo and Rising Anti-Semitism3. Blood Will OutThe Return of the GothsCorral Casts Spain's Founding MythTraining Isabel, the Princess of AsturiasIsabel, the Warrior QueenBad Women and Good in the Late Fifteenth CenturyThe Inquisition and the Holy Child of La GuardiaThe Fallen and the PromiseAct Two: Promise and Fulfillment (1492-1700)Interlude4. Desiring the NationThe Influence of Pedro de Corral's Chronicle of King Rodrigo in the Sixteenth CenturyThe Woman's Body and the Fate of the NationThe Loss of Spain in the Oral Ballad TraditionPhilip II's Chronicler, Ambrosio de Morales, and the Development of the Heroic PelayoPhilip II and the Power of Prophecy5. Here Was Troy, Farewell Spain!A Tale of TalesMiguel de Luna and Spain's Prophetic HistoryFather Juan de Mariana and Early Modern NationalismSpain's Second HelenLope de Vega and the Stage of King and NationThe Legend of the Fall of Spain after the ExpulsionEither Rise or FallAct Three: Imagining Spain (The Enlightenment to the Present)6. Ancestral Ghosts and New BeginningsThe Challenge of Foundational Myths in the Age of EnlightenmentFallen Women Take the StageOrientalism, Romanticism, and Visigothic SpainThe Search for Spanish National Identity in Medieval SpainPelayo, the Role of Women, and Contemporary SpainThe Founding Myth and the New MillenniumEpilogue: Cultural DialoguesNotesBibliographyIndex
