Potency of Pastoral in the Hispanic Baroque

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By Anne Holloway

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In her analysis of the verse of representative poets of the Hispanic Baroque, Holloway demonstrates how these writers occupy an Arcadia which is de-familiarised and yet remains connected to the classical origins of the mode. Her study includes recent manuscript discoveries from the Spanish Baroque (Fabula de Alfeo y Aretusa, now attributed to the Gongorist poet Pedro Soto de Rojas), the poetry of Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza and Francisco de Quevedo. The study considers pastoral as a global cultural phenomenon of the Early Modern period, its reverberations reaching as far as Viceregal Peru. The tradition of the pastoral as a site for the discussion of 'great matters in the forest' has deep roots, and re-emerges to praise the urban hearts of empire. Furthermore, it proves to be a site of spiritual encounter--a poetic space that frames the staging of indigenous conversion in the poetry of Diego Mexia and Fernando de Valverde. Within the intricacies of this literary construct, surface artistry sustains an effect of artless innocence that is vibrantly contested across the secular, sacred, parodic and colonial text. Anne Holloway is a Lecturer in Spanish, Queen's University Belfast.

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Number of Pages:: 242
Release Date:: 2017-04-21
Publication Date:: 2017-04-21
Publisher:: Tamesis
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1855663139
ISBN13:: 9781855663138
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 531 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 24 cm
Thickness:: 1.8 cm

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