Spanish Humanism on the Verge of the Picaresque

Juan Maldonado's, Ludus Chartarum, Pastor Bonus and Bacchanalia

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The 16th-century humanist Juan Maldonado in his Latin essays foreshadows the Spanish picaresque. Like Erasmus, with whom he corresponded,Maldonado advocated the use of Latin in a wide-range of activities. Maldonado s Pastor Bonus, a lengthy open letter to a bishop, reviews in a vivid and satirical style the abuses of the churchmen in his diocese. His ludus chartarum is framed as a colloquium similar to Vives on the subject, entertaining while teaching a Latin terminology for card playing. His Bacchanalia, written for student actors, is a spirited play pitting the forces of Lent against those of Bacchus, as in the Libro de buen amor. These works have been edited and translated into English by Warren Smith and Clark Colahan for the first time, with illustrations of scenes from each work, and of 16th-century cards, by Richard Simmons and Caleb Smith.

Specificaties
ISBN/EAN 9789058677082
Auteur Warren Smith
Uitgever Universitaire Pers Leuven
Taal Engels
Uitvoering Paperback / gebrocheerd
Pagina's 291
Lengte 241.0 mm
Breedte 161.0 mm

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