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

• Autore: Read Malcolm K (Malcolm Kevin), <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 860.9/36
• Soggetto topico: Spanish literature - Classical period, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; Spanish literature - 18th century - History and criticism; Spanish philology; Psychology and literature; Human body in literature; Mind and body in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions in exile
• ISBN: 1-283-35871-9; 9786613358714; 90-272-7816-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457171303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Purdue University monographs in Romance languages ; ; v. 30.