Spanish Pastoral Names of the Renaissance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10305663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herman Iventosch (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 108-114 |
| Publication date | 1962-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Names (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-7738 • E-ISSN: 1756-2279 |
| Publisher | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1179/nam.1962.10.2.108 |
| OpenAlex | W2022318532 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
PROBABLY FEW HISTORICAL•PERIODS as that from the middle of the 16th century through the first third of the 17th, and few genres as that of the Spanish pastoral novel, witnessed the invention of so many personal names.The very size and detail of the Renaissance Mvel allowed for many more characters than were possible in the pastoral dialogues of Theocritus and Virgil or the novels of Longus and Heliodorus, and this necessitated an enormous task of name-making.In a pastoral novel of 1573, for example, the Ten Books on the
Art · Art history · Geography · The Renaissance · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1962 - 1962 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |