El hidalgo pobre en la poesía satírico-burlesca de Alonso de Castillo Solórzano (Donaires del Parnaso, I, núms. 48 y 49)The Poor Hidalgo in the Comic Poetry of Alonso de Castillo Solórzano (Donaires del Parnaso, I, no. 48 & 49)

Abstract

This article explores the character of the impoverished hidalgo within the courtly culture of seventeenth century Spain. Through close reading, I analyze two poems of the first part of Donaires del Parnaso (1624), a comic poetry collection by Alonso de Castillo Solórzano. While the first poem mocks the hidalgo, the second one constitutes the reply of the character to the jokes against him. I read these texts in the context of the literary academy, which influences in the meaning of the verses. Lastly, I support my interpretations on other contemporary literary texts in order to determine the poems’ motifs and ideological purposes.