Gracian Meets Gongora: The Theory and Practice of Wit

by Michael Woods

This book argues that the tradition of regarding the wit of the Metaphysical poets as a 'finding a likeness in things unlike' fails to account adequately for the poetic practice of G ngora, despite his reputation for the bold use of metaphor. One side of the case consists in showing the soundness of the theory of wit of G ngora's admirer, Baltasar Graci n, who saw no essential connection between wit and trope, and whose views are compared here...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856686573
• ISBN13: 9780856686573
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 140 Pages