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This is the first comprehensive study in English of one of the most important bodies of verse in European literature. Seventeenth- century Spanish poetry represents the culmination of a rich Renaissance tradition, and Professor Terry sets out to make this accessible not only to Hispanists but to readers of English, French and Italian poetry, with which it had many points of contact. He deals both with the major poets - Gongora, Lope de Vega, Quevedo, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz - and with the impressively large number of good minor poets, from the Argensolas to Bocangel and Soto de Rojas, whose work is still relatively little read. Drawing upon recent developments in literary criticism as well as paying close attention to individual poems, the book discusses a wide range of issues including the re- working of classical and Renaissance models, the importance of rhetoric, and the relationship between author, poem and reader. SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH POETRY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH POETRY The power of artifice ARTHUR TERRY Professor of Literature, University of Essex I CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 IRP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY IOOI 1-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1993 First published 1993 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Terry, Arthur. Seventeenth-century Spanish poetry: the power of artifice / Arthur Terry, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN o 521 44421 7 (hardback) 1. Spanish poetry - Classical period, 1500—1700 - History and criticism. 1. Title pq6o8i.T47 1993 86ir.3O9-dc2o 92-40121 CIP ISBN o 521 44421 7 hardback Transferred to digital printing 2004 For Molly Contents Preface page xi List of abbreviations xv 1 The inheritance i 2 Theory and practice 35 3 Luis de Gongora: the poetry of transformation 65 4 Lope de Vega: re-writing a life 94 5 Between two centuries: from Medrano to Valdivielso 122 6 Francisco de Quevedo: the force of eloquence 152 7 The literary epic 180 8 Plenitude and decline: from Villamediana to the second half of the century 208 9 Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: the end of a tradition 238 Epilogue 256 Notes 258 Select bibliography 288 Index 296 IX
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