Góngora's Heresy: Literary Theory and Criticism in the Golden Age
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Góngora's Heresy : Literary Theory and Criticism in the Golden Age. / Kluge, Sofie.
I: MLN, Bind 122, Nr. 2, 2007, s. 251-272.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Góngora's Heresy
T2 - Literary Theory and Criticism in the Golden Age
AU - Kluge, Sofie
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This article proposes an interpretation of the polemics surrounding the publication of Góngora's first Soledad (1613) in the light of the Platonic critique of literature, arguing that behind the classicist suppression of Góngora's aesthetic ‘errors' we find a Platonic-Christian suspicion of the persuasive power of ‘false' poetic language and the ‘immoral hedonism' of non-didactic art (‘the poets' beautiful lies'). Failing to understand the ‘division of labor' between Christian Platonism (‘legislative power') and Aristotelean classicism (‘executive power') in Golden Age literary theory and criticism, we fail to understand the controversy surrounding Góngora's great poems as anything but sheer critical incomprehension.
AB - This article proposes an interpretation of the polemics surrounding the publication of Góngora's first Soledad (1613) in the light of the Platonic critique of literature, arguing that behind the classicist suppression of Góngora's aesthetic ‘errors' we find a Platonic-Christian suspicion of the persuasive power of ‘false' poetic language and the ‘immoral hedonism' of non-didactic art (‘the poets' beautiful lies'). Failing to understand the ‘division of labor' between Christian Platonism (‘legislative power') and Aristotelean classicism (‘executive power') in Golden Age literary theory and criticism, we fail to understand the controversy surrounding Góngora's great poems as anything but sheer critical incomprehension.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 122
SP - 251
EP - 272
JO - MLN - Modern Language Notes
JF - MLN - Modern Language Notes
SN - 0026-7910
IS - 2
ER -
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