Two Newly Discovered Poems by Garcilaso de la Vega. Issue 5 (28th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Czepiel, Maria
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of Spanish studies. Volume 99:Issue 5(2022)
• Page Start: 741
• Page End: 776
• Publication Date: 2022-05-28
• Subjects: Garcilaso de la Vega -- Latin -- Odes -- Lyric -- Bembo -- Horace -- lyric -- 16th-century Spanish poetry; Spanish philology -- Periodicals; Portuguese philology -- Periodicals; Spanish literature -- Periodicals; Portuguese literature -- Periodicals; Spain -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 860.5
• DOI: 10.1080/14753820.2022.2122386
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-3820

Abstract

Abstract : Until now, only three Latin poems by Garcilaso de la Vega have been extant. In this study, I present two newly discovered odes by Garcilaso: one addressed to Pietro Bembo, and another addressed to Johann Alexander Brassicanus. I also present new critical editions of the three previously known poems in the light of the new witness. I argue that the poems constitute sophisticated meditations on the purpose of encomiastic literature and the nature of lyric poetry. In this way I aim to provide a better understanding of Garcilaso's Latin odes and restore his reputation as a consummate Latin poet.