Fugitive nymphs: The erotic chase in the Epic Poetry of Iberian ExpansionNinfas fugitivas: la persecución erótica en poemas épicos de la expansión ibérica
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2021
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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
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© 2021 Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA). All rights reserved.The image of the fugitive nymph, drawn from exemplary persecutions such as that of Apollo and Daphne and various topics of retia amoris, gained a particular meaning in the epic poems of the Portuguese overseas enterprise and the Hispanic domination of America. In Os Lusíadas (1572), by Luis de Camões, and Arauco domado (1596), by Pedro de Oña, this image reveals important links between eroticism and expansion.
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Colonial America, Epic poetry, Eroticism, Nymphs, Portuguese overseas expansion