Imperial Lyric

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Sonnetization: Acuña, Boscán, Castillejo, and the Politics of Form

2. Otro tiempo lloré y ahora canto: Juan Boscán Courtierizes Song

3. Imperial Pastoral: Gutierre de Cetina Writes the Home Empire

4. Heroic Lyric

Coda: The Tomb of Poetry

Bibliography

Index

“This is a fine study which will be of great relevance and aid in the continuing re-evaluation of sixteenth-century Spanish lyric poetry.”

—Jonathan Bradbury, Modern Language Review