Dos sonetos del siglo XVII: amor-locura en Quevedo y sor Juana

The author analyses sonnets by Francisco de Quevedo and sor Juana Inésde la Cruz in which the protagonists dream of defying time or of holdingon to their absent lover. He shows that, whilst the theme of disillusionmentover and over again destroys the protagonists’ mad desire to hold on tobeauty, thr...

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Main Author: Blanco Aguinaga, Carlos
Format: Online
Language:Spanish
Editor: El Colegio de México 2012
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Online Access:https://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/nrfh/article/view/1094
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Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica

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Summary:The author analyses sonnets by Francisco de Quevedo and sor Juana Inésde la Cruz in which the protagonists dream of defying time or of holdingon to their absent lover. He shows that, whilst the theme of disillusionmentover and over again destroys the protagonists’ mad desire to hold on tobeauty, through their poetry both Quevedo and Sor Juana manage to free themselves for a brief moment from the vision of the world they have inheritedfrom the society of their day.