Quevedo was a nobleman, politician, and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. His style, characterized by conceptismo, features a rapid rhythm, directness, simple vocabulary, witty metaphors, and wordplay. He delved into the depths of human nature with sharp wit and irony. His work reflects his keen observations and mastery of language.
Francisco de Quevedo was one of the most important literary figures of the Spanish Golden Age. This collection brings together some of his most famous works, including the picaresque novel The Life of Paul, the Spanish Sharper and the philosophical treatise A Treatise of All Things. Quevedo's writing is marked by its wit, erudition, and incisive social commentary. Anyone with an interest in Spanish literature or the history of ideas will find much to appreciate in this volume.
Quevedo was one of the most influential writers of the Spanish Golden Age, renowned for his wit and wisdom. In this collection of his writings, translated by William Elliot, we delve into the complex mind of the great poet and philosopher, exploring his visions and his relationship with the divine.
This book is a collection of works by Francisco de Quevedo, including the Curious History of the Night and Book I of the Spanish Sharper. It is a fascinating look at the literary and cultural traditions of Spain in the seventeenth century.
"An elegant, precise, and accessible modern-English rendering of the two best examples of the early modern picaresque genre: the paradigmatic Lazarillo de Tormes and Quevedo's mordant El Buscón. Frye's translations are triumphant, capturing the cadence of popular early modern speech while remaining faithful to the original texts; his notes illuminate the diverse contexts in which the texts were written. Frye gives careful attention throughout to the historical background that propelled these two parallel but different monuments of Golden Age Spanish literature." --Teofilo Ruiz, UCLA
The Works of Don Francisco De Quevedo Containing the Author's Life and the Visions (1798) is a book written by the Spanish author Francisco De Quevedo. This book is the first volume of a collection of works by Quevedo, a prominent figure of the Spanish Golden Age of literature. The book contains a biography of Quevedo, as well as a collection of his visions, which are a type of literary work that combines prose and poetry. The visions are known for their satirical and critical tone, and they often address social and political issues of Quevedo's time. The book is written in Spanish and was first published in 1798. It is a valuable resource for those interested in Spanish literature and culture, as well as for scholars and students of the humanities.In Three Volumes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Poems to Lisi is presented here as an undergraduate student text with parallel-text English verse translations. This edition is a successor to the same editor's original text in Exeter Hispanic Texts, which only contained the Spanish text of the poems (published in 1988).
The heroes of the Spanish novels make their way through a seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Lazarillo de Tormes and Pablos the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility.