Voluptuous Language and Poetic Ambivalence : The Example of Swedish Baroque- Translated by Alan Crozier

Mats Malm

ISBN 10: 363159299X / ISBN 13: 9783631592991

Published by Peter Lang, 2011

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Within the rhetorical tradition lay an often unnoticeable, but at times marked suspicion about what was perceived to be effeminate and voluptuous language. Sensual and pleasurable language was thus understood as immoral in the same way as excessive corporeal pleasures were considered detrimental, and the notion of voluptuous language could result in a tension concerning the delights of poetry. This study develops ways to analyse how this poetic ambivalence affected poetry in early modern Sweden, where the notion of voluptuous language became especially strong, not only influencing poetry but also connecting to political and religious self-understanding. Treating this in connection with the media conditions of the time, the study attempts to clarify the phenomenon of 'Baroque'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voluptuous Language and Poetic Ambivalence : The Example of Swedish Baroque- Translated by Alan Crozier
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 363159299X
• ISBN 13: 9783631592991
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 21D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 530 grams

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Synopsis

Within the rhetorical tradition lay an often unnoticeable, but at times marked suspicion about what was perceived to be effeminate and voluptuous language. Sensual and pleasurable language was thus understood as immoral in the same way as excessive corporeal pleasures were considered detrimental, and the notion of voluptuous language could result in a tension concerning the delights of poetry. This study develops ways to analyse how this poetic ambivalence affected poetry in early modern Sweden, where the notion of voluptuous language became especially strong, not only influencing poetry but also connecting to political and religious self-understanding. Treating this in connection with the media conditions of the time, the study attempts to clarify the phenomenon of ‘Baroque’.

About the Author

Mats Malm is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). His special areas of interest are early modern Scandinavian Literature, Old Norse literature and poetics from Antiquity to Romanticism.