@inbook{10.7722/j.ctt9qdp4v.8, ISBN = {9781855661608}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt9qdp4v.8}, abstract = {The mythological rape imagery with which theSoledadesopens may, at first glance, appear purely decorative; the time of year is denoted by an indirect reference to Taurus: “el mentido robador de Europa” (I. 2), and the pilgrim’s exemplary male beauty is evoked by his introduction as “el que ministrar podia la copa/ a Júpiter mejor que el garzón de Ida” (I. 7–8). Similarly the appearance of an owl at the closing falconry scene occurs through allusion to Ascalaphus and thus to the rape of Persephone: “el deforme fiscal de Proserpina” (II. 892; cf. II. 974ff.). Such uses of}, bookauthor = {CRYSTAL ANNE CHEMRIS}, booktitle = {Góngora's Soledades and the Problem of Modernity}, edition = {NED - New edition}, pages = {51--71}, publisher = {Boydell and Brewer}, title = {Violence, Eros and Lyric Emotion}, year = {2008} }