Juan Bautista Aguirre and the problems of the transmission of his poetry
Juan Bautista Aguirre, the Ecuadorian poet who lived during the eighteenth century and who was exiled in 1767, has been ignored by the literary criticism in recent years. He wrote philosophical and moral poetry, although he is best known for his humorous vein, which has been compared to Juan del Val...
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| Formato: | Artículo revista |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ihs/article/view/17658 |
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| Sumario: | Juan Bautista Aguirre, the Ecuadorian poet who lived during the eighteenth century and who was exiled in 1767, has been ignored by the literary criticism in recent years. He wrote philosophical and moral poetry, although he is best known for his humorous vein, which has been compared to Juan del Valle y Caviedes. In this text, we present an overview of the problems of transmission that has suffered his poetry written in Spanish, victim of decontextualized and prejudiced readings; we also show the editors who have compiled his poetry and the circumstances under which his poems has been rescued. |
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