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Horatian roots in Fray Luis’s garden : imagery and meaning in the ‘Vida retirada’
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Rabone, Richard (2016) Horatian roots in Fray Luis’s garden : imagery and meaning in the ‘Vida retirada’. Hispanic Research Journal, 17 (3). pp. 201-213. doi:10.1080/14682737.2016.1156337 ISSN 1468-2737.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14682737.2016.1156337
Abstract
Critics have long drawn attention to the moralizing tenor of Fray Luis’s opening ode, as well as to its profound links with Horace, and in particular his second Epode. These approaches, however, have not often been combined. This paper seeks to show that understanding the nature of the poem’s link to Horace is in fact key to revealing its moral content, by providing a reconsideration of the evidence that ties Fray Luis’s poem to Epode 2, before arguing that the crux of the Spaniard’s interaction with his Roman forebear lies rather in hitherto-unremarked Horatian parallels for the central images of the garden and the sea, whose interaction underpins the development of the Spanish ode. This study therefore offers a new reading of Fray Luis’s most famous poem, while also throwing important light on his practice of poetic imitation, and in particular his much-cited relationship with Horace, thus providing support for the recent scholarly trend to view Horace as a thematic source for his Spanish successor, as well as a stylistic model.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Hispanic Studies Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | León, Luis de, 1527-1591 -- Criticism and interpretation, Spanish poetry -- 16th century -- History and criticism, Horace. Epodae. 2, Horace -- Influence, Pastoral poetry | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Hispanic Research Journal | ||||||
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | ||||||
ISSN: | 1468-2737 | ||||||
Official Date: | 7 June 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 17 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 201-213 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/14682737.2016.1156337 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 February 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 February 2018 |
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