Spanish Humanism on the Verge of the Picaresque

01. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-90-5867-708-2
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Warren

Clark, C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. General Introduction to Maldonado's Life and Works

2. Ludus Chartarum Triumphus: Introduction

3. Ludus: Latin text

4. Ludus: translation

5. Introduction to Pastor Bonus

6. Pastor Bonus: Latin text

7. The Good Shepherd: Translation

8. Juan Maldonado's Bacchanalia: Latin Text

9. Juan Maldonado's Bacchanalia: Translation

10. Works Cited

Über Autor(innen)

Clark, C.
Clark Colahan is Anderson Professor of Humanities and Professor of Spanish at Whitman College, USA.

Smith, Warren
Warren S. Smith is Professor of Classical Languages at the University of New Mexico, USA.