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be the author of Tratado notable; it would not be at all surprising therefore that Juan
would imitate some of the techniques and characteristics of his father’s (anonymous)
work, and indeed that he might participate in extending the ludic aspect of his father’s
work by including in his own certain clues about the authorship of Qüestión de amor.
To take just one example, the inclusion in his own work of a character named Ysiana,
the woman who attempted to seduce Vasquirán, can be seen as yet another indicator of
the connection between the authorial voice of Qüestión de amor (Vasquiran / Alonso
de Cardona) and yet another Cardona (the author of Tratado notable de amor), his
son. 39 While his brother Sancho inherited the title of Guadalest, Juan, eventual
Almirante de Aragón, may have combined the exercise of arms and letters as did his
father.
39 Antonio Cortijo Ocana (265): “Notemos de paso, detalle ignorado por la crítica, la equivalencia del
nombre de la enamorada (Ysiana) con el de la duquesa (sic) a quien Vasquirán envía unas coplas en la
Qüestión”. Further he states: “la Qüestión, que tenía su origen y contexto de producción en la corte
virreinal napolitana, insistía en otros aspectos que retoma el Tratado notable: el carácter de novela en
clave y su ambientación histórica, que hacía de ella recipiendaria del relato histórico.” Cortijo Ocaña´s
work suggests other avenues of exploration because he also underlines the similarities between aspects
of Qüestión de amor and Penitencia de amor of Pedro Manuel Jiménez de Urrea: “…y ese mismo año
(1513) salió a luz en Valencia (Diego de Gumiel) la Qüestión de amor de dos enamorados, obrita
sentimental anónima con la que la Penitencia de Urrea comparte más de una característica y de la que
recoge algunos préstamos textuales” (226). In the context of this article it is worth noting that there is a
family connection between the Urreas and Cardonas: Aldonza Folch de Cardona, daughter of the Duque
de Cardona, in 1493 married Miguel Jiménez de Urrea, II Conde de Aranda and brother of Pedro. See n.
19 above.
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