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Abstract

In «¿De cuando acá nos vino?,» Lope de Vega once again takes up the subject of romantic conquest troubled by apparent impediments which eventually turn out to be possibilities. The author speculates about blood relationships between the characters and the possibility of canonical dispensation. The Council of Trent, whose final sessions took place when de Vega was a student, issued decrees on dispensation from consanguinity which gave way to marriage within close degrees of kinship. Although de Lope does not openly criticizes this situation, he exposes how, under the guise of family rigour, bachelorettes took advantage of the law to get married despite consanguinity. Even though a union between first- and second-degree relatives was considered incestuous hence social taboo, marriage within subsequent degrees of kinship was socially accepted. «¿De cuando acá nos vino?» is a comedy of manners which provides a broad picture of contemporary society with its multicultural character. De Vega shows how soldiers, adventurers, Moorish maidservants and rogues gradually become part of the social panorama in the 17th century Spain. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
¿DE CUÁNDO ACÁ NOS VINO? LOPE DE VEGA Y EL TABÚ DEL INCESTO
Author
de Undabarrena, Enrique Vivó
Pages
485-534
Publication year
2010
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED)
ISSN
18869912
e-ISSN
22553436
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1115478511
Copyright
Copyright Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) 2010