Light Imagery in the Spanish Ballad

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Scripta Humanistica, 1995 - Literary Criticism - 154 pages
This book examines the origin of the medieval Spanish concept of light and the poetic function which luminous imagery serves. It concludes with an investigation of the traditional element (radiance) in the balladry of three Spanish poets: Lope de Vega, the Duque de Rivas, and Federico García Lorca.

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The Medieval Spanish Concept of Light
18
Love and Beauty
35
The Poetic Function of Light Imagery
54
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