Francisco de Quevedo Knihy

Výbor z veršů španělského básníka pohnutých životních osudů, z jehož básnického díla se dochovalo na 80 000 veršů, dokládajících, že v něm zachytil život v celé jeho rozloze a rozmanitosti. Antologie obsahuje především jeho básně satirické, milostné a reflexívní.

Svazek obsahuje reprezentativní díla španělského pikareskního románu, zobrazující s ironií a humorem přiběhy lidí žijících na dně španělské společnosti 16. a 17. století. Život Lazarilla z Tormesu a Druhá část Lazarilla z Tormesu, Život rošťáka, Život a skutky Estebanilla Gonzáleze.

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).

"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 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.

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.