Francisco de Aldana and Venus’ chiaroscuros: the Poem “on the effects of love”

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Abstract

In his Octavas “on the effects of love”, an apparently eccentric poetic essay, Aldana develops the Ficinian motif of the “Terrestrial Venus” through a complex intertextual dialogue with classical and Italian authors. In this paper, we shall demonstrate the ambitious poetization of some ideas exhibited in the trattati d’amore, especially under Mario Equicola’s influence.

Keywords

Aldana, Venus, theory of love, Ficino, Equicola, Cattani da Diacceto, Leone Ebreo

Author Biography

Maria Rosso, Università degli Studi di Milano

Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere

Catedrático de Literatura Española

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/studiaaurea.300

Published

2018-12-11

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