| Commentary: |
Snow 2007: "Several sections of this vol. deal with Alfonso's poetry on a somewhat superficial level. CSM 15, 72, 154, 153, 61, 293, 316, 12, 89, and 290 are cited as illustrations in the brief chapter, "A sátira nas cc" (pp. 23-26), in which the verbal and pictorial satire is noted but not analyzed. The subject deserves further and deeper exploration. The information in nn. 29 and 30 is reversed.rnElsewhere there is one special division of the longish discussion on the "Cantigas de escárnio e maldizer", dealing with Alfonso and his satire of soldiers (34-38), in which evidence is adduced from Lapa, nos. 21, 24, 10, 2, 6, 16, 34, and 30 [I have supplied these number correspondences — they do not appear in Martins]. Treated passim on other parts of the study are Alfonso's satires of noblemen (Lapa 12 and 31, on p. 71); of the clergy (Lapa 23, 29, and 33, on pp.75-76); of possible antisemitism (Lapa 19, on p. 89); of women (Lapa 7, 28, 11, and 14, on pp. 99, 104-07); of sexual mores (Lapa 427 (=430 in the 2nd ed.), on p. 109; and on chance (Lapa 419 (=422 in 2nd ed.), on p. 112." |
