The Poetry of Francisco de la Torre / John Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, John, author.

Series:

University of Toronto romance series ; 43.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torre, Francisco de la, 1534?-1594--Criticism and interpretation.

Torre, Francisco de la.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Francisco de la Torre has long been praised as an outstanding poet in the mould of Garcilaso de la Vega and his simplicity of style and soft, gentle, Arcadian environment of his poetry have been emphasized. In this volume Professor Hughes attempts to define more accurately the position of Francisco de la Torre's verse in the evolution of Spanish poetry in the sixteenth century, revealing that Torre's vision of the pastoral world and his poetic language show him to be a transitional poet of considerable quality and substance and not merely an imitator of Garcilaso. Hughes demonstrates that while some of Torre's poetry follows a general pastoral pattern, his descriptions are characterized by a sense of movement through a shifting perspective and that even in poems with a traditional pastoral setting, the descriptions sometimes negate the pastoral qualities. The author also shows that Torre, rather than looking back towards Garcilaso and his contemporaries, is already anticipating - especially in his stylistic technique and in his view of nature - the attitude of the seventeenth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Love

2. Nature

3. Style

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487590338

1487590334

9781487599720

1487599722

OCLC:

1091699546