Mary Stuart is a constant presence in Ronsard's verse, even if over the decades the intensity and frequency of the poetic tributes that the leader of the Pléiade addresses to her have fluctuated several times, not so much due to changes in the personal relationship between the two as to the continuous evolution of diplomatic relations between France and England, as well as the turbulent private affairs involving the Queen of Scots. In this contribution, we propose an overall reading of the poems in which Ronsard addresses or evokes Mary Stuart, with particular attention to certain metaphors and recurring images referring alternately or simultaneously to Mary herself and to her cousin and rival, Elizabeth, charged with strong political connotations.
Maria Stuarda è una presenza costante nei versi di Ronsard, anche se nel corso dei decenni l’intensità e la frequenza degli omaggi poetici che il capofila della Pléiade le rivolge conoscono numerose oscillazioni, non tanto a causa di mutati rapporti personali fra i due quanto per effetto della continua evoluzione dei rapporti diplomatici tra Francia e Inghilterra, oltre che delle turbolente vicende private che coinvolgono la regina di Scozia. In questo contributo proponiamo una lettura d’insieme dei componimenti in cui Ronsard si rivolge alla Stuarda o in cui la evoca, con una particolare attenzione per alcune metafore e per alcune immagini ricorrenti riferite alternativamente o contemporaneamente a Maria stessa e alla cugina e rivale, Elisabetta, cariche di forti connotazioni politiche.
Tra Elisabetta e Maria: le relazioni franco-britanniche nella poesia di Ronsard
SPEZIARI D.
2023
Abstract
Mary Stuart is a constant presence in Ronsard's verse, even if over the decades the intensity and frequency of the poetic tributes that the leader of the Pléiade addresses to her have fluctuated several times, not so much due to changes in the personal relationship between the two as to the continuous evolution of diplomatic relations between France and England, as well as the turbulent private affairs involving the Queen of Scots. In this contribution, we propose an overall reading of the poems in which Ronsard addresses or evokes Mary Stuart, with particular attention to certain metaphors and recurring images referring alternately or simultaneously to Mary herself and to her cousin and rival, Elizabeth, charged with strong political connotations.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.