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Rochester y el discurso paradójico en "A satyr againts mankind"

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    Jimeno Blunes, Olga
    Main Author:
    Jimeno Blunes, Olga

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    Format:
    Journal article
    Language:
    Spanish; Castilian
    Form / Genre:
    text (article)
    Published:
    Universidad de León: Servicio de Publicaciones 1995
    In:
    Estudios humanísticos. Filología ISSN 0213-1382 Nº 17, 1995, pags. 199-210
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    Annotation:

    Two are the facts to which A Satyr Against Mankind (1675) owes its critical interest and fame. To begin with, as the first example of its kind written in English, its numerous literary sources can be traced back from the Classics to the contemporary works of the XVII century intellectuals. Secondly, considering Rochester's own polemic character and personality, there is something in its satirical voice that seems to be revealing but the poet's own frustration and rejection of his destiny as a man. Nevertheless, Rochester's mastery does not lie in the originality of the subject matter but in the N vay he handles his materials. Thus it is possible to question the controversial issue of biographical evidence in this poem by analysing the structure of its content and the way thought is organised under the rhetoric principies in vigour at the time.


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