La inspiración paródica del Libro de Buen Amor La descripción de la mujer ideal

One of the most solid advances in Libro de buen amor criticism has been the recognition that parody plays an essential part. A significant example may be the description of the ideal woman: this portrait subverts the rules of the classical tradition. The derision of the poetic code of the descriptio pulchritudinis is built on alternations between the traditional details and the distortion of the conventional codes, in order to amplify the ironic effect and create a comic reaction.