The Moor's Last Sigh: National Loss and Imperial Triumph in Lope de Vega's The Last Goth.

This essay examines the intertextual relationship that exists between the cycle of popular Spanish ballads that narrate the fall of the Iberian Peninsula's last Visigothic King, Rodrigo, in the year 711 CE and Lope de Vega's play El último godo (The Last Goth) (1618), which is partially based on thi...

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Published in:	Latch: A Journal for the Study of the Literary Artifacts in Theory, Culture or History Vol. 3; pp. 34 - 64
Main Author:	Burningham, Bruce R.
Format:	Essay
Published:	Dulia et Latria - Matt Horn 2010
Subjects:	Essays Spanish ballads Spanish songs Spanish poetry Peninsulas Visigoths in literature Visigoths History Iberian Peninsula Spain Europe
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost