Gracian Meets Gongora - Couverture souple

Woods, M. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0856686573 ISBN 13 : 9780856686573

Editeur : Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

This book argues that the tradition of regarding the wit of the Metaphysical poets as a 'finding a likeness in things unlike' fails to account adequately for the poetic practice of Góngora, despite his reputation for the bold use of metaphor. One side of the case consists in showing the soundness of the theory of wit of Góngora's admirer, Baltasar Gracián, who saw no essential connection between wit and trope, and whose views are compared here with the many other theorists of the 17th and 18th centuries. The other consists of a demonstration of Góngora's virtuosity in his complex use, not just of metaphor but of tropes of all types, including some of his own invention, analysed here in the context of a general theory of trope. Góngora's wit also exploits the sometimes hazy dividing line between the literal and the figurative, but, it is argued, this does not entitle the deconstructionist critics, with their typically sloppy Saussurean philosophy of language, to enlist Góngora in their cause. Spanish text with facing-page translation and introduction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Woods is a Lecturer in the Spanish Department of King's College London and in addition to studies on Golden-Age poetry has published articles on the Picaresque Novel. As a computer buff he has contributed to the Department's Corpus of Contemporary Spanish, and has been programming the rapid concordancing of texts. Away from his desk he is a keen violinist, and a rather less accomplished flamenco guitarist.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aris & Phillips Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0856686573
• ISBN 13: 9780856686573
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 140
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible