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On Constructs and Insights: Revisiting Robert Pring-Mill's ‘Interaction View’ of Conceits for a Reading of Conceptista Devotional Verse

Pages 38-51 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013
 

Abstract

This paper tests several of Robert Pring-Mill's schematic clarifications of ‘the nature and functioning of the concepto’ against examples from Golden-Age devotional poetry and doctrinal treatises. In particular, it explores ways in which the conceptista conflation of figures for the Incarnation and figures for the poet's craft can clarify our understanding of contemporary aesthetics and reading practices, thereby building on Pring-Mill's treatment. Gaspar de los Reyes's Tesoro de divinos concetos and Lope de Vega's Los pastores de Belén provide the principal sources of conceptista specimens.

This paper tests several of Robert Pring-Mill's schematic clarifications of ‘the nature and functioning of the concepto’ against examples from Golden-Age devotional poetry and doctrinal treatises. In particular, it explores ways in which the conceptista conflation of figures for the Incarnation and figures for the poet's craft can clarify our understanding of contemporary aesthetics and reading practices, thereby building on Pring-Mill's treatment. Gaspar de los Reyes's Tesoro de divinos concetos and Lope de Vega's Los pastores de Belén provide the principal sources of conceptista specimens.

Este artículo reflexiona sobre algunas de las ideas de Robert Pring-Mill, expuestas con su acostumbrado esquematismo, sobre ‘la naturaleza y el funcionamiento del concepto’ mediante ejemplos sacados de la lírica sacra y de tratados doctrinales del Siglo de Oro. Aprovechando las percepciones de Pring-Mill, se examina sobre todo la manera muy parecida en que se trataban las figuras de la Encarnación y las del oficio de poeta, un fenómeno que nos podría ayudar a profundizar en nuestra comprensión de la estética y de los hábitos de lectura de esa época. Para este análisis, el Tesoro de divinos concetos de Gaspar de los Reyes y Los pastores de Belén de Lope de Vega sirven como fuentes principales de los modelos conceptistas.

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