Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A florid, ornate literary style, often employing elaborate puns and conceits.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of affected elegance of style introduced into Spanish literature in imitation of that of the Spanish poet Góngora y Argote (1561—1627).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
florid literary style with manypuns etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora
Etymologies
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Examples
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The origins of Euphuism and of that later form of preciousness which is sometimes called Gongorism and sometimes Marinism have been much discussed, but the last word has certainly not been said on them.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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Spain was also easily assimilable, since “Gongorism” — the involved style of
BAROQUE IN LITERATURE REN 1968
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For some reason not very obvious this collection of verses was not published till 1631 when it was issued by Quevedo, who hoped that it would help to stem the current of Gongorism in Spain.
Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
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Seville cathedral, did his share as editor by writing two prefaces, one addressed to Sarmiento de Mendoza, and the other to Olivares who was manifestly expected to pronounce against Gongorism.
Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
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Quevedo, who had obtained his copies of Luis de Leon's verses from Manuel Sarmiento de Mendoza, a canon of Seville cathedral, did his share as editor by writing two prefaces, one addressed to Sarmiento de Mendoza, and the other to Olivares who was manifestly expected to pronounce against Gongorism.
Fray Luis de Leon Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James 1921
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For some reason not very obvious this collection of verses was not published till 1631 when it was issued by Quevedo, who hoped that it would help to stem the current of Gongorism in Spain.
Fray Luis de Leon Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James 1921
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Gongorism of many passages in Calderon's best pieces, their obscurity and extravagant bombast, should be charged to the account of a meddlesome collector and editor, that is, to Vera Tasis, and not to
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The taint of Gongorism and Marinism attacked all the Seiscentistas, as may be seen in the "Fenix Renascida", and rhetoric conquered style.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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To Gongorism above all other things may be ascribed the wretched decay in letters which ensued upon the end of the seventeenth century: this canker-worm ate into the heart of literature and brought about its corruption.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Gongorism and its stylistic excesses, as he clearly shows in his
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
thewordturkey commented on the word Gongorism
MY 2 cents: I normally paraphrase via my understanding of course, with a tinge of digression, only to ramify our knowledge (and I like to read my writing).
A style of Baroque verse characterized by pretentious
prolixity and circumlocutious syntax, to obfuscate meaning.
Gongorism is an eponym derived from Don Luis de Góngora y Argote.
A synonym for Gongorism is Culteranismo.
December 18, 2010