Austeridad viril vs. consumismo afeminado:Quevedo ante el final del reinado de Felipe II

Abstract

Partiendo sobre todo de España defendida, en este trabajo se sostiene que la muerte de Felipe II representó para Quevedo el final de un glorioso imperialismo contrarreformista con connotaciones de virilidad tanto sexual como “moral”, mientras que, desde su comienzo, el reinado de Felipe III aportó, a su entender, una desastrosa corrupción “afeminada” de la política, sociedad y moral de la nación. Se argumenta que esta visión tan sumamente pesimista fue un incentivo crucial tanto para sus obras satíricas como neo estoicas. This article, refering especially to the España defendida, assures that the death of Felipe II meant the end of glorious counterreformist imperialism involving moral and sexual connotations dealing with masculinity, according to Quevedo's views. On the other hand, the reign of Felipe III, from the very beginning, transmitted a disastrous “feminine” corruption in the politics, society and moral standards of the nation. This view, so pesimistic, was a motivation for his satiric and neostoic works

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This paper was published in Dadun, University of Navarra.

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