Corpi in gioco: la descriptio puellae nell’opera di Jerónimo Baía

The paper examines five poems in which the Portuguese Baroque poet Frei Jerónimo Baía (1620-1688) depicts the portrait of the beloved woman. Each of these texts features the list of the different body parts praised for their beauty, following a model already present in the Petrarchist tradition. Baí...

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Main Author: Matteo Rei
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: University of Bologna 2023-06-01
Series:Confluenze
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Online Access:https://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/16267
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description The paper examines five poems in which the Portuguese Baroque poet Frei Jerónimo Baía (1620-1688) depicts the portrait of the beloved woman. Each of these texts features the list of the different body parts praised for their beauty, following a model already present in the Petrarchist tradition. Baía combines to this model, like other authors of the same period, a display of wit and a playful disposition for wordplay, hyperbole, and paradox.
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spelling doaj.art-667365710d6b4420a6dc6f29683dc1b22023-06-28T11:03:36ZspaUniversity of BolognaConfluenze2036-09672023-06-0115131132510.6092/issn.2036-0967/1626714619Corpi in gioco: la descriptio puellae nell’opera di Jerónimo BaíaMatteo Rei0Università di TorinoThe paper examines five poems in which the Portuguese Baroque poet Frei Jerónimo Baía (1620-1688) depicts the portrait of the beloved woman. Each of these texts features the list of the different body parts praised for their beauty, following a model already present in the Petrarchist tradition. Baía combines to this model, like other authors of the same period, a display of wit and a playful disposition for wordplay, hyperbole, and paradox.https://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/16267portraitlyric poetrybaroquefrei jerónimo baíapetrarchism
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Corpi in gioco: la descriptio puellae nell’opera di Jerónimo Baía
Confluenze
portrait
lyric poetry
baroque
frei jerónimo baía
petrarchism
title Corpi in gioco: la descriptio puellae nell’opera di Jerónimo Baía
title_full Corpi in gioco: la descriptio puellae nell’opera di Jerónimo Baía
title_fullStr Corpi in gioco: la descriptio puellae nell’opera di Jerónimo Baía
title_full_unstemmed Corpi in gioco: la descriptio puellae nell’opera di Jerónimo Baía
title_short Corpi in gioco: la descriptio puellae nell’opera di Jerónimo Baía
title_sort corpi in gioco la descriptio puellae nell opera di jeronimo baia
topic portrait
lyric poetry
baroque
frei jerónimo baía
petrarchism
url https://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/16267
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