“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama
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Resumo: | The renowned book of emblems written by Andrea Alciati, Emblematum liber (1531), the first of its kind to group together a wood engraving, a motto and an epigram, was widely emulated in the European courts throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The first emblem book in English, A Choice of Emblemes and Other Devises, by Geoffrey Whitney, was published in 1586, and was extensively read in the learned circle of its time. In his work, Whitney displays 248 emblems made up of a motto, a wood engraving, and a poem, in English. Recycling ancient topoi in the manner of Alciati, Whitney’s emblems represent witty commonplaces, giving new life to ancient practices guided by Horace’s notion of ut pictura poesis and rhetorical-poetical precepts. Focusing on Whitney’s emblem book, this essay intends to analyze the structure and function of the emblem, highlighting the specificity of its iconic and verbal nature, and to discuss, from a selected corpus, some aspects of Shakespeare’s appropriation of the emblematic genre. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n43a767. |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama“Engenhoso artifício”: o emblema e sua apropriação no teatro de ShakespeareEmblem. Poetics. Rhetoric. Shakespeare. Elizabethan drama.Emblema. PoéticaRetórica. Shakespeare. Drama elisabetano.The renowned book of emblems written by Andrea Alciati, Emblematum liber (1531), the first of its kind to group together a wood engraving, a motto and an epigram, was widely emulated in the European courts throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The first emblem book in English, A Choice of Emblemes and Other Devises, by Geoffrey Whitney, was published in 1586, and was extensively read in the learned circle of its time. In his work, Whitney displays 248 emblems made up of a motto, a wood engraving, and a poem, in English. Recycling ancient topoi in the manner of Alciati, Whitney’s emblems represent witty commonplaces, giving new life to ancient practices guided by Horace’s notion of ut pictura poesis and rhetorical-poetical precepts. Focusing on Whitney’s emblem book, this essay intends to analyze the structure and function of the emblem, highlighting the specificity of its iconic and verbal nature, and to discuss, from a selected corpus, some aspects of Shakespeare’s appropriation of the emblematic genre. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n43a767.O célebre livro de emblemas de Andrea Alciato, Emblematum liber (1531), o primeiro a reunir gravuras acompanhadas de mote e epigrama, foi extensamente emulado nas cortes europeias ao longo dos séculos XVI e XVII. Na Inglaterra elisabetana, Geoffrey Whitney publica, em 1586, o primeiro livro de emblemas em inglês, A Choice of Emblemes and Other Devises, o qual teve ampla circulação no meio letrado de seu tempo. Nessa obra, Whitney reúne 248 emblemas compostos de um mote, uma xilogravura e um poema, em inglês. Reciclando tópicas antigas à maneira de Alciato, Whitney representa lugares-comuns retórico-poéticos correntes no âmbito cortesão, conferindo uma nova “roupagem” a práticas antigas balizadas pelo ut pictura poesis horaciano e constituindo, na época, um gênero propício para a efetuação da agudeza. Com foco na obra de Whitney, este artigo pretende investigar a estrutura e a função do emblema, com o objetivo de destacar a particularidade de sua natureza icônico-verbal, e apontar, a partir de alguns exemplos, a apropriação do gênero emblemático no teatro de Shakespeare. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n43a767.Universidade Federal Fluminense2017-08-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/3349510.22409/gragoata.2017n43a33495Gragoatá; Vol. 22 No. 43 (2017): Founding Texts and their Literary and Cultural Productivity; 727-749Gragoatá; v. 22 n. 43 (2017): Textos Fundadores e sua Produtividade Literária e Cultural; 727-7492358-41141413-907310.22409/gragoata.v22i43reponame:Gragoatáinstname:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)instacron:UFFporhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33495/19482Copyright (c) 2017 Gragoatáinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilvares, Lavinia2019-08-23T11:10:42Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/33495Revistahttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoataPUBhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/oai||revistagragoata@gmail.com2358-41141413-9073opendoar:2019-08-23T11:10:42Gragoatá - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)false |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama “Engenhoso artifício”: o emblema e sua apropriação no teatro de Shakespeare |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama Silvares, Lavinia Emblem. Poetics. Rhetoric. Shakespeare. Elizabethan drama. Emblema. Poética Retórica. Shakespeare. Drama elisabetano. |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama |
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“Witty device”: the emblem and its appropriation in Shakespeare’s drama |
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Silvares, Lavinia |
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Silvares, Lavinia |
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Silvares, Lavinia |
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Emblem. Poetics. Rhetoric. Shakespeare. Elizabethan drama. Emblema. Poética Retórica. Shakespeare. Drama elisabetano. |
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Emblem. Poetics. Rhetoric. Shakespeare. Elizabethan drama. Emblema. Poética Retórica. Shakespeare. Drama elisabetano. |
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The renowned book of emblems written by Andrea Alciati, Emblematum liber (1531), the first of its kind to group together a wood engraving, a motto and an epigram, was widely emulated in the European courts throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The first emblem book in English, A Choice of Emblemes and Other Devises, by Geoffrey Whitney, was published in 1586, and was extensively read in the learned circle of its time. In his work, Whitney displays 248 emblems made up of a motto, a wood engraving, and a poem, in English. Recycling ancient topoi in the manner of Alciati, Whitney’s emblems represent witty commonplaces, giving new life to ancient practices guided by Horace’s notion of ut pictura poesis and rhetorical-poetical precepts. Focusing on Whitney’s emblem book, this essay intends to analyze the structure and function of the emblem, highlighting the specificity of its iconic and verbal nature, and to discuss, from a selected corpus, some aspects of Shakespeare’s appropriation of the emblematic genre. ---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n43a767. |
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