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Humanos serafines La intercesión en la gracia regia de las damas de palacio desde Góngora a los poetas cortesanos
- Author(s):
- Rafael Castillo Bejarano (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Item Type:
- Article
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/1srn-xj45
- Abstract:
- The new fashion in courtly culture during Philip III´s reign triggered a high demand for image creation and artistic representation, pieces of art that in turn constitute better way to understand the aforementioned changes. This is true for some of Luis de Góngora’s poems, which are dedicated to Margaret of Austria´s ladies-in-waiting at the beginning of the 17th century. Of particular significance is his insistence in presenting the ladies as seraphs, or human seraphs, immediately echoed by courtly poets such as the Count of Villamediana or Hurtado de Mendoza, to designate by antonomasia the ladies-in-waiting of the sovereign. The poems by Góngora and his imitators frivolously encapsulate the hopes of advancement at court from the ingratiation or courtship with the queen´s ladies, having evolved to a distinguished society of human seraphs, or coveted preys of amatory falconry, that convey to their suitors the regal mercy in the concrete form of dowries, appointments, or titles.
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- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 8 months ago
- License:
- Attribution
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