The second volume of George Ticknor's three-volume History of Spanish Literature, a classic nineteenth-century survey. It traces Spanish literary developments, with particular attention to early drama, religious plays, secular theatre and figures such as Lope de Rueda. Listeners can follow a structured account of how Spanish drama took shape.
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Transcriber's note Table of Contents HISTORY OF SPANISH LITERATURE. VOL. II. HISTORY
OF
SPANISH LITERATURE.
BY
GEORGE TICKNOR.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOLUME II.
NEW YORK:
HARPER AND BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF STREET.
M DCCC XLIX.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by
GŧLjǡƄŧ TƗŕƫƿLjǡ,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND. SECOND PERIOD. (CLjƿǵƗƿǼŧŠ.) CHAPTER VII. Tƒŧĵǵǡŧ Ɨƿ ǵƒŧ TƗƽŧ Ljż CƒĵǡƯŧǪ ǵƒŧ FƗżǵƒ, ĵƿŠ ŠǼǡƗƿƄ ǵƒŧ FƗǡǪǵ Pĵǡǵ Ljż ǵƒŧ RŧƗƄƿ Ljż PƒƗƯƗǙ ǵƒŧ SŧŕLjƿŠ. Drama opposed by the Church 3 Inquisition interferes 4 Religious Dramas continued 4 Secular Plays, Castillejo, Oliva 5 Juan de Paris 6 Jaume de Huete 8 Agostin Ortiz 9 Popular Drama attempted 9 Lope de Rueda 9 His Four Comedias 11 His Two Pastoral Colloquies 13 His Ten Pasos 16 His Two Dialogues in Verse 17 His insufficient Apparatus 18 He begins the Popular Drama 19 Juan de Timoneda 20 His Cornelia 21 His Menennos 21 His Blind Beggars 22
CHAPTER VIII. Tƒŧĵǵǡŧ, ŕLjƿǵƗƿǼŧŠ. Followers of Lope de Rueda 25 Alonso de la Vega, Cisneros 25 Attempts at Seville 26 Juan de la Cueva 26 Romero de Zepeda 27 Attempts at Valencia 28 Cristóval de Virues 28 Translations from the Ancients 30 Villalobos, Oliva 30 Boscan, Abril 30 Gerónimo Bermudez 30 Lupercio de Argensola 32 Spanish Drama to this Time 34 The Attempts to form it few 35 The Apparatus imperfect 36 Connection with the Hospitals 37 Court-yards in Madrid 37 Dramas have no uniform Character 37 A National Drama demanded 39 CHAPTER IX. LǼƗǪ Šŧ LŧLjƿ. Religious Element in Spanish Literature 40 Luis de Leon 40 His Birth and Training 40 Professor at Salamanca 41 His Version of Solomon’s Song 41 His Persecution for it 42 His Names of Christ 43 His Perfect Wife 45 His Exposition of Job 45 His Death 46 His Poetry 47
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