The Severed Word: Ovid's Heroides and the Novela Sentimental by Marina Scordilis

Description: The Severed Word by Marina Scordilis Brownlee In this wide-ranging study Marina Scordilis Brownlee investigates the importance of the letter--often a complex interplay of objectivity and subjectivity--in the establishment of novelistic discourse. She shows how Ovids Heroides explore the discourse of epistolarity in a way that exerted a lasting effect on Italian, French, and Spanish works of t FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this wide-ranging study Marina Scordilis Brownlee investigates the importance of the letter--often a complex interplay of objectivity and subjectivity--in the establishment of novelistic discourse. She shows how Ovids Heroides explore the discourse of epistolarity in a way that exerted a lasting effect on Italian, French, and Spanish works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, especially on the fifteenth-century Spanish novela sentimental, or "sentimental romance." Presenting this proto-novelistic form as a highly original rewriting of Ovid, Brownlee demonstrates that its language model interrogates rather than affirms the linguistic referentiality implied by romance. Whereas the ambiguity of the sign had been articulated in fourteenth-century Spain (most notably by the Libro de buen amor), it is the fifteenth-century novela sentimental that fully grasps the existentially, novelistically dire consequences of this ambiguity. And in the process of deconstructing the referentiality that underlies romance, the novela sentimental reveals itself to be a discursively essential step in the evolution of the modern novel. Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Table of Contents *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*PROLOGUE: TWO THEORIES OF UTTERANCE, pg. 1*ONE. Victim as Artist-Epistulae Herodium, pg. 23*TWO. Exemplary Counterfeit-El Bursario, pg. 37*THREE. Voyeuristic Betrayal-Elegia di madonna Fiammetta, pg. 58*FOUR. Mediated Discourse-Historia de duobus amantibus, pg. 70*FIVE. Failed Eroticism-Siervo libre de amor, pg. 89*SIX. The Untranscendent Vision-Satira de felice e infelice vida, pg. 106*SEVEN. Etiological Subversion-Triste deleytacion, pg. 128*EIGHT. Pandered Words-Arnalte y Lucenda, pg. 145*NINE. Imprisoned Discourse-Carce! de amor, pg. 162*TEN. The Book as Galeotto-Grimalte y Gradissa, pg. 176*ELEVEN. Language and Incest-Grisel y Mirabella, pg. 191*EPILOGUE: Physical and Verbal Violence, pg. 211*NOTES, pg. 215*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 255*INDEX, pg. 267 Long Description In this wide-ranging study Marina Scordilis Brownlee investigates the importance of the letter--often a complex interplay of objectivity and subjectivity--in the establishment of novelistic discourse. She shows how Ovids Heroides explore the discourse of epistolarity in a way that exerted a lasting effect on Italian, French, and Spanish works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, especially on the fifteenth-century Spanish novela sentimental, or "sentimental romance." Presenting this proto-novelistic form as a highly original rewriting of Ovid, Brownlee demonstrates that its language model interrogates rather than affirms the linguistic referentiality implied by romance. Whereas the ambiguity of the sign had been articulated in fourteenth-century Spain (most notably by the Libro de buen amor), it is the fifteenth-century novela sentimental that fully grasps the existentially, novelistically dire consequences of this ambiguity. And in the process of deconstructing the referentiality that underlies romance, the novela sentimental reveals itself to be a discursively essential step in the evolution of the modern novel. Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Details ISBN0691605688 Author Marina Scordilis Brownlee Publisher Princeton University Press Series Princeton Legacy Library Year 2014 ISBN-10 0691605688 ISBN-13 9780691605685 Format Paperback Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations DEWEY 863.2 Short Title SEVERED WORD Language English Media Book Pages 284 Translated from English Subtitle Ovids Heroides and the Novela Sentimental Series Number 1122 UK Release Date 2014-07-14 Publication Date 2014-07-14 NZ Release Date 2014-07-14 US Release Date 2014-07-14 Alternative 9780691634616 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2014-09-22 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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