| Abstrakt: |
The author, building on the research of earlier scholars, re-addresses the question of how to distinguish letters actually written by Ignatius Loyola from those written by his secretary Juan de Polanco. Previous studies concentrated totally on Ignatius's autograph writings, excluding from consideration any work possibly not written by him. Instead in this study, the author assesses the characteristics of Polanco's style. The article is lexical and analytic as the author looks at the different components of syntactic morphology, characteristic preferences, binary or ternary rhythm, and the organization and internal structure of expressions. It concludes with criteria whereby scholars may more clearly recognise Ignatius's involvement in the composition of some letters written by Polanco ex commissione of Ignatius. The hand that wrote these letters may not be Ignatius's but the mentality behind them is. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
