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This work examines the contradictions in Góngora s§representation of the bucolic landscape in the§Baroque masterpiece of the Soledades. The analysis§focuses on a fundamental disjunction noted frequently§by Gongorine scholars between the form of the poem§and its purported theme. Many critics have§questioned the incongruity between the poem s§elaborate language its recurrent metaphors based on§architectural configurations characteristic of the§highly artificial Baroque court and city and the§underlying theme of the simple life of the pastoral§world. This book argues that the apparent§contradiction between form and content that divides§the poem is in fact an essential process in Góngora s§creation of an original and dynamic style. Although§Góngora s style subverts the traditional Renaissance§pastoral (Alabanza de aldea / menosprecio de corte),§it creates a paradoxical pastoral that should be§understood as a powerful manifestation of the§complexities of Baroque literary art.

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• Full title: Architecture of the Margins
• Author: Maria Robertson-Justiniano
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• EAN: 9783836453059
• ISBN: 3836453053
• ID: 07065572
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 272 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. December 2008

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