Poetry and Truth in the Spanish Works of Fray Luis de León (Monografías A, 151) (Volume 151) Hardcover – December 17, 1992
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| Management number | 221758927 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | US$42.00 | Model Number | 221758927 | ||
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A study of the mentality of the 16c Spanish writer, Fray Luis de León.Luis de León, poet and Biblical exegete, lived from 1527 to 1591. The study attempts to explain the impression received from his prose and verse works that he intended them to conform to what he believed to exist in Nature, society, and the spiritual world, but that he gave equal attention to their aesthetic form, i.e. the figures and fictions they contain. The following questions are posed: does Fray Luis make any distinction between truth and fiction inthe content of his works, or between poetic language and logical language in their form? If so, does he use any consistent criteria for these distinctions? Read more
| ISBN10 | 1855660172 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1855660175 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Tamesis Books |
| Dimensions | 6.5 x 0.75 x 9.75 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.05 pounds |
| Print length | 192 pages |
| Publication date | December 17, 1992 |
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