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Paul Joseph Lennon
Paul Joseph Lennon
Institution: Department of Spanish, University of St Andrews,
Email: pjl7@st-andrews.ac.uk
The sonnet ‘Pues cabe tanto en vos del bien del cielo’ by SpanishNeapolitan poet Francisco de Aldana (1537-78) challenges interpretation through its genre-defying mix of consolatory, philosophic, and amatory elements; in particular, its inclusion of an enigmatic statement by a ventriloquized female figure alien to contemporary Hispanic courtly poetry. In this study, I offer an interpretation through a comparative study with the Rime amorose (1538) of Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547), in which she popularized the Petrarchan voice of the desiring widow in Italian poetry. After establishing a link between the Aldana and Colonna families by virtue of the fragment ‘Aunque a la alta región del alegría’, which addresses the death of Colonna’s niece, I explain how the yearning contained within Colonna’s lyric, noted to possess an erotic potential, may have led Aldana to incorporate this voice in his own poetic exploration of a combinatory spiritual and physical philosophy of love. Additionally, given the absence of the Colonnaesque tradition in Spain, I consider how expressions of desire by female voices in the arte menor and pastoral traditions potentially could have led to a similar interpretation for Hispanic readers.
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2024 November | 45 | 45 |
2024 October | 75 | 75 |
2024 September | 69 | 69 |
2024 August | 56 | 56 |
2024 July | 55 | 55 |
2024 June | 47 | 47 |
2024 May | 54 | 54 |
2024 April | 59 | 59 |
2024 March | 62 | 62 |
2024 February | 49 | 49 |
2024 January | 43 | 43 |
2023 December | 44 | 44 |
2023 November | 45 | 45 |
2023 October | 28 | 28 |
2023 September | 22 | 22 |
2023 August | 19 | 19 |
2023 July | 29 | 29 |
2023 June | 28 | 28 |
2023 May | 38 | 38 |
2023 April | 43 | 43 |
2023 March | 54 | 54 |
2023 February | 4 | 4 |
2023 January | 3 | 3 |
2022 December | 35 | 35 |
2022 November | 73 | 73 |
2022 October | 56 | 56 |
2022 September | 32 | 32 |
2022 August | 46 | 46 |
2022 July | 54 | 54 |
2022 June | 97 | 97 |
2022 May | 46 | 46 |
2022 April | 22 | 22 |
Total | 1432 | 1432 |
Show by month | Manuscript | Video Summary |
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2024 November | 45 | 45 |
2024 October | 75 | 75 |
2024 September | 69 | 69 |
2024 August | 56 | 56 |
2024 July | 55 | 55 |
2024 June | 47 | 47 |
2024 May | 54 | 54 |
2024 April | 59 | 59 |
2024 March | 62 | 62 |
2024 February | 49 | 49 |
2024 January | 43 | 43 |
2023 December | 44 | 44 |
2023 November | 45 | 45 |
2023 October | 28 | 28 |
2023 September | 22 | 22 |
2023 August | 19 | 19 |
2023 July | 29 | 29 |
2023 June | 28 | 28 |
2023 May | 38 | 38 |
2023 April | 43 | 43 |
2023 March | 54 | 54 |
2023 February | 4 | 4 |
2023 January | 3 | 3 |
2022 December | 35 | 35 |
2022 November | 73 | 73 |
2022 October | 56 | 56 |
2022 September | 32 | 32 |
2022 August | 46 | 46 |
2022 July | 54 | 54 |
2022 June | 97 | 97 |
2022 May | 46 | 46 |
2022 April | 22 | 22 |
Total | 1432 | 1432 |