Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A florid, ornate literary style, often employing elaborate puns and conceits.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of affected elegance of style introduced into Spanish literature in imitation of that of the Spanish poet Góngora y Argote (1561—1627).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora
Etymologies
- After Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627), Spanish poet.
Examples
“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.”
“Spain was also easily assimilable, since “Gongorism” — the involved style 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.”
“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
“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
“Gongorism and its stylistic excesses, as he clearly shows in his”
“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 taint of Gongorism and Marinism attacked all the Seiscentistas, as may be seen in the "Fenix Renascida", and rhetoric conquered style.”
“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.”
“Gongorism, and they spread to all forms of composition.”
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thewordturkey
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. Dec 17, 2010