Visions in exile : the body in Spanish literature and linguistics, 1500-1800 / Malcolm K. Read.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Read, Malcolm K. (Malcolm Kevin), 1945-

Series:

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages ; 30.

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, 0165-8743 ; v. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Spanish literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Spanish philology.

Psychology and literature.

Human body in literature.

Mind and body in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Malcolm K. Read employs a psychoanalytic model which sees civilization as a manner of instinctual renunciation in this analysis of selected texts from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Focusing on their moments of silence and contradiction, he demonstrates that certain attitudes toward the body expressed in these texts have a basis, albeit unconscious, in a motivation which is ultimately political. The central topics, deeply intertwined thematically and theoretically, relate to the nature and development of language; to the Baroque art of Gongora and Quevedo; to Feijoo's de

Contents:

VISIONS IN EXILE The Body in Spanish Literature and Linguistics: 1500-1800; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; 1. The Structure of Repression in Renaissance and Baroque Linguistics; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; 2. Dwarfs and Giants in a Family Romance:Luis de Góngora's Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea and Soledades; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; 3. Angel in the Mire: Francisco de Quevedo; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; 4. The Rhetoric of Innocence: Benito Jerónimo Feijoo; I

IIIII; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; 5. The Weaver's Trade: Diego de Torres Villarroel; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; XVI; 6. The Critical Sublime: Ignacio de Luzán and Esteban de Arteaga; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; 7. The Anatomy of Grammar in Eighteenth-Century Models of Linguistic Change; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-35871-9

9786613358714

90-272-7816-4

OCLC:

769342248