Quevedo on Parnassus : Allusive Context and Literary Theory in the Love-Lyric

Abstract

Quevedo, who for much of his life was a nobleman politically active at court, is now remembered as one of the great writers of the Baroque era. His love poems are among the best regarded from his substantial poetic oeuvre, but he ranges also over metaphysics, mythology and satire, and there are frequent references or allusions to his deep reading from numerous languages. This book, originally published in paperback in 1987 under the ISBN 978-0-947623-12-8, was made Open Access in 2024 as part of the MHRA Revivals programme.