History of Spanish Literature, vol. 2 (of 3)

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

  * Italics are denoted by underscores as in _italics_, and small caps
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  * Obvious printer errors have been silently corrected.

  * Original spelling was kept, but variant spellings were made
    consistent when a predominant usage was found.

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             p. 57:       Sesa → Sessa
      pp. 283, 424:  Benevente → Benavente
      pp. 359, 360: Copacobana → Copacabana

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  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
  GEORGE TICKNOR,
  in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of
    Massachusetts.




  CONTENTS
  OF
  VOLUME SECOND.


  SECOND PERIOD.
  (CONTINUED.)

  CHAPTER VII.

  THEATRE IN THE TIME OF CHARLES THE FIFTH, AND DURING THE FIRST
  PART OF THE REIGN OF PHILIP THE SECOND.

  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.

  THEATRE, CONTINUED.

  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.

  LUIS DE LEON.

  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
  His Translations                              48
  His Original Poetry                           49
  His Character                                 51


  CHAPTER X.

  MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA.

  His Family                                    52
  His Birth                                     53
  His Education                                 54
  His first published Verses                    54
  Goes to Italy                                 55
  Becomes a Soldier                             55
  Fights at Lepanto                             56
  And at Tunis                                  57
  Is captured at Sea                            57
  Is a Slave at Algiers                         57
  His cruel Captivity                           58
  His Release                                   59
  Serves in Portugal                            61
  His Galatea                                   61
  His Marriage                                  64
  His Literary Friends                          65
  His First Dramas