Publication: Vida y obra de Juan Vélez de León
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2016-11-16
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En la presente tesis se pretende editar la obra, hasta hoy en su gran mayoría inédita, de Juan Vélez de León, poeta y escritor que desempeñó cargos administrativos en el reinado de Carlos II. A inicios del setecientos, el advenimiento de los borbones significó para Vélez de León el fin de su carrera cortesana, pero en modo alguno el de su actividad intelectual, que siguió desarrollando en Madrid, la ciudad en que nació en 1655, hasta su muerte, en 1736. Puesto que la vida de Vélez de León ocupa la etapa fundamental en la historia de nuestro país en la que se da el cambio de dinastía austrias-borbones, y en la que se definen las líneas estratégicas que España jugará en Europa durante el siglo, una vez perdida de manera definitiva su hegemonía militar y política, esta tesis plantea en primer lugar examinar el contexto histórico en que Vélez de León hubo de desarrollar su labor política y literaria, especialmente en el periodo que va de 1680 hasta 1736. Una vez realizada la descripción y examen del contexto histórico, esta investigación se centra en trazar, aportando la mayor documentación posible, la peripecia vital de Vélez de León, tanto en su etapa italiana como española. La segunda parte de esta tesis aborda la catalogación de la obra velezana, abundante y heterogénea, así como la dilucidación de los problemas de atribución de muchas de estas composiciones a través del estudio sistemático de los distintos manuscritos (y algunos impresos) velezanos. Una vez realizado este catálogo, se estudiarán aspectos importantes de esta obra, como las academias literarias y la poesía de circunstancia, la política (con especial atención a Francia e Italia), la traducción velezana de El Príncipe de Maquiavelo y la presencia de las bellas artes en la obra velezana. La tercera parte de este estudio se centra en la edición de la obra completa, en prosa y en verso, de Juan Vélez de León. El estudio se cierra con un índice de primeros versos para facilitar la búsqueda y lectura de los versos de este autor.
My purpose in this thesis is to edit Juan Vélez de León’s works, which have mostly never been published. This poet and writer developed a whole diplomatic activity during the reign of Charles II, and, although early in the eighteenth century the arriving of the Bourbons to the throne implied the end of his courtesan career, he carried on employing his intellectual skills in Madrid, the town where he was born in 1655, until his death in 1736. Since Vélez de León lived during a turning point time in Spanish history, when the monarchy’s dynasty changes (from Habsburgs to Bourbons) and the strategies of the Spanish Government in Europe are better defined (once the country has lost its military and political hegemony), this thesis proposes to study the historical context in which this poet developed his political and literary vocation, specially from 1680 till 1736. Thus, after describing the historical context this research has focused on the whereabouts of Vélez de León in Spain and Italy. The second part of this thesis is centered on the catalogation of Velez’s poetical corpus, and on solving the authorial problems of many of his compositions through the systematic study of diverse manuscripts and prints. After this, important aspects of his works will be studied, like his task in literary academies and his cicumstances poetical compositions, his job as a politician (paying special attention of Italy and France), his translation of El príncipe de Maquiavelo and the presence of arts in his corpus. Finally, the third part of this thesis deals with the edition of his complete works, in prose as well as in verse. This study ends up with an index of first verses to facilitate the finding and reading of Veléz de León’s poems.
My purpose in this thesis is to edit Juan Vélez de León’s works, which have mostly never been published. This poet and writer developed a whole diplomatic activity during the reign of Charles II, and, although early in the eighteenth century the arriving of the Bourbons to the throne implied the end of his courtesan career, he carried on employing his intellectual skills in Madrid, the town where he was born in 1655, until his death in 1736. Since Vélez de León lived during a turning point time in Spanish history, when the monarchy’s dynasty changes (from Habsburgs to Bourbons) and the strategies of the Spanish Government in Europe are better defined (once the country has lost its military and political hegemony), this thesis proposes to study the historical context in which this poet developed his political and literary vocation, specially from 1680 till 1736. Thus, after describing the historical context this research has focused on the whereabouts of Vélez de León in Spain and Italy. The second part of this thesis is centered on the catalogation of Velez’s poetical corpus, and on solving the authorial problems of many of his compositions through the systematic study of diverse manuscripts and prints. After this, important aspects of his works will be studied, like his task in literary academies and his cicumstances poetical compositions, his job as a politician (paying special attention of Italy and France), his translation of El príncipe de Maquiavelo and the presence of arts in his corpus. Finally, the third part of this thesis deals with the edition of his complete works, in prose as well as in verse. This study ends up with an index of first verses to facilitate the finding and reading of Veléz de León’s poems.
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología, leída el 15-12-2015