"Aspectos de la temporalidad en la poesía de Quevedo," by Francesco Tarelli

Aspectos de la temporalidad en la poesía de Quevedo by Francesco Tarelli (Arkansas State University). Temporality represents the "protagonist of the drama of the Baroque"—as Emilio Orozco Diaz points out—and in Spanish Golden Age literature, the most eloquent poetic voice of such a drama is that of Francisco de Quevedo. This monograph analyzes temporal imagery and metaphors in selected poems by Quevedo, employing an hermeneutic approach that encompasses a wide range of disciplines such as philosophy, theology, iconology, emblem literature, music, and painting. The first chapter presents a survey of the philosophical development of the concept of time from the Presocratics to Francisco Suarez (1580-1617), which is followed by  an outline of the fundamental characteristics of the Baroque Age concerning time. The second chapter situates the figure of Quevedo within the context of both the historical decadence of Spain and  the writer's intellectual background, with a central  focus on poe