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Edicion Critica de Teodosio II, De Francisco Manuel de Melo, con Un Estudio Critico y Analitico

Brasil-Laurenzo, Hector
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392897898

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1996, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Spanish and Portuguese.
This dissertation is a critical edition of Teodosio II, a Seventeenth century manuscript written in Spanish by Francisco Manuel de Melo. It is the unfinished biography of Don Teodosio II, the Seventh Duke of Braganza (1568 to 1630), written at the request of king Don João the IV, Teodosio’s son. The original manuscript of Teodosio II is lost, but five extant manuscripts exist in several Portuguese libraries, the oldest from Evora (1648), and the other four from the Eighteenth century. In this study, all manuscripts have been consulted and compared. Beside the three already known manuscripts, mentioned in bibliographies and catalogs, I was able to locate two more, which I have included in this study. Apparently a biography, the author’s real objective is to reclaim from the Spanish the historical events that took place in Portugal during the life of Don Teodosio and to assign them to him. In doing so, Melo established an antecedent for his defense of the Braganza's rights to the Portuguese Crown. The sixty year period of union with Spain under the Habsburg Dynasty (1580-1640) lasted the entire life of Teodosio. This biography, written in the Spanish "conceptist" tradition, and inspired by the works of the classic writers, integrates the political and social events of this period as part of Teodosio’s life. Chapter One explains the historical and literary approach of my research, which focuses on the role of literature in historical discourse. Chapter Two presents the political, social, and economic background of Portugal during the time of Teodosio II. Chapter Three is a brief biographical essay on the life of Melo, and a study of his political and historical works that form a single political corpus with Teodosio. Chapter Four discusses Melo as an historian, his ideas on history and truth, and his classical and contemporary influences. Chapter Five is a study of Teodosio in which I discuss how it was written, its purpose, language, and style as well as a brief synthesis of its parts and topics. Chapter Six is a full transcription of the manuscript Teodosio maintaining the author’s intended style and language usage.
Salvador Caria-Casteneda (Advisor)
Donald Larson (Committee Member)
Helena Kaufman (Committee Member)
338 p.
Romance Literature

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  • Brasil-Laurenzo, H. (1996). Edicion Critica de Teodosio II, De Francisco Manuel de Melo, con Un Estudio Critico y Analitico [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392897898

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brasil-Laurenzo, Hector. Edicion Critica de Teodosio II, De Francisco Manuel de Melo, con Un Estudio Critico y Analitico. 1996. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392897898.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brasil-Laurenzo, Hector. "Edicion Critica de Teodosio II, De Francisco Manuel de Melo, con Un Estudio Critico y Analitico." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392897898

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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