Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 42 | 111 | 2019
Research Article | From Duel to Dispute

From Duel to Dispute

The Argument between Pacífico and Cupidio within Valerián de Hungría (1540)

Abstract

This article highlights the variety that characterises the Spanish romances of chivalry as a genre. The uniqueness of Valerián de Hungría by Dionís Clemente (1540) is given by its rich content and lexicon. By the end of the book, the author includes a heated debate between two knights whose opinions about love contrast. They are Pacífico and Cupidio. Such a dispute needs to be studied in light of the bibliography about the genre within the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, in order to find out which elements Clemente re-elaborates. The investigation develops through the comparison with a few episodes taken from other romances of chivalry, but also with the ideology spread within contemporary works in which the same themes of Valerián are remarked.


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Submitted: July 28, 2017 | Accepted: June 6, 2019 | Published June 21, 2019 | Language: it

Keywords Romances of Chivalry • Beauty • Misoginia • Bellezza • Libri di cavalleria • Valerián de Hungría • Dialogo letterario • Misogyny • Literary dialogues • | Valerián de Hungría

Copyright © 2019 Giulia Tomasi. 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.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2019/111/001


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