UID:
edocfu_9959244749202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (298 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
94-6166-053-7
Serie:
Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia, 24
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Spanish Humanism on the verge of the picaresque: juan maldonado's ludus chartarum, pastot bonus, and bacchanalia; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; General Introduction to Maldonado's Life and Works; Ludus Chartarum Triumphus, 'The Card Game "Trumps"': Introduction; Ludus Chartarum Triumphus The Card Game "Trumps"; Sixteenth-century card players (Rick Simmons); Antique Spanish cards: Knight of Coins (Caleb Smith); Footsoldier of Cups (Caleb Smith); Five of Swords (Caleb Smith); Two of Staffs (Caleb Smith); Ludus Chartarum Triumphus: Latin Text; The Card Game "Trumps": Translation
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Introduction to The Pastor BonusWriting reform for Spanish bishops: an overview; From Pastoral Ideal to Ironic Denunciation; Vitoria; Santo Tomás de Villanueva; Erasmus; Díaz de Luco; Alfonso de Valdés: A change of literary venue; Maldonado; Carvajal; Pastor Bonus Latin text Pastor Bonus Translation; Bishop with Sheep (Rick Simmons); Pastor Bonus Latin Text; Pastor Bonus Translation The Good Shepherd; Gluttony and Poverty (Rick Simmons); Juan Maldonado''s Bacchanalia: Latin text; Juan Maldonado''s Bacchanalia: Translation; Works Cited; 1. Works by or about Juan Maldonado; 2. Other Works
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 90-5867-708-7
Sprache:
Latein
