Library of Rassegna iberistica

Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | Serenísima palabra
Chapter | Las cartas en verso octosilábico y las epístolas en endecasílabos en los cancioneros de Jorge de Montemayor

Las cartas en verso octosilábico y las epístolas en endecasílabos en los cancioneros de Jorge de Montemayor

Abstract

My work focuses on the small anthology of love letters of the poet Jorge de Montemayor, some in octosyllabic verse, which he calls «cartas», and others in hendecasyllabic verse, which he calls «epístolas». All of them are addressed to women. The octosyllabic-verse letter appears to be less representative in the courtly epistolary universe and less fascinating in the eyes of the critics than the so called «epístola horaciana». However, I thought convenient and necessary to study the seven love letters of Jorge de Montemayor (six in his Anthology and one in La Diana). I will establish a network of concordances and differences between the two types of letters and I will analyze conveniently their forms, thematic content, origins and development.  


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: July 13, 2015 | Accepted: March 31, 2016 | Language: it

Keywords Seven love letters • Jorge de Montemayor • Metrics • Octosyllabic verse • Letters

Copyright © 2017 Lola Esteva de Llobet. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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