New ways of looking into handwritten miscellanies of the seventeenth century: the case of “Spes Altera”

Purificación Ribes Traver

doi:10.18172/jes.4339

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Purificación Ribes Traver Universitat de València

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https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.4339

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Reescritura, “Spes Altera”, 1630, volúmenes misceláneos manuscritos, Soneto 2 de W. Shakespeare, edición en Quarto de 1609

Resumen

Numerosas copias del Soneto 2 de W. Shakespeare circularon en volúmenes misceláneos manuscritos del segundo cuarto del Siglo XVII. Once de esas copias presentan variantes importantes, que han dado lugar a diferentes hipótesis respecto a su naturaleza y calidad. La mayoría de los críticos, partiendo de análisis estilométricos, las han considerado como bocetos tempranos de la versión impresa posterior, y, en consecuencia, les han atribuido un escaso valor.

En este trabajo se presta la atención necesaria al contexto de producción y recepción de estos textos, lo que ha permitido alcanzar conclusiones distintas respecto a la naturaleza y calidad de las versiones manuscritas del Soneto 2. Opinamos que son el fruto de una reescritura consciente por parte de una persona culta perteneciente a un entorno universitario. El análisis pormenorizado del texto base (Spes Altera, Bellasys Ms, c. 1630), y una comparación verso a verso entre este texto y el Quarto impreso en 1609, ponen de relieve una intención deliberada, por parte del adaptador, de incrementar la regularidad métrica y la coherencia estructural del poema.

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Purificación Ribes Traver, Universitat de València

Full Professor of English Studies

Department of English and German Studies

University of Valencia

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