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Title Sixteenth-Century Spanish writers / Gregory B. Kaplan, editor.

Publication Info. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2005.

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Series Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 318
Dictionary of literary biography complete online
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 318.
Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
Contents Jose de Acosta (1540-1600) - Francisco de Aldana (1537-1578) - Juan Boscan (circa 1490-1542) - Cristobal de Castillejo (1490?-1550) - Gutierre de Cetina (1514 or 1517?-1556) - Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) - Juan de la Cueva (1543-1612) - Francisco Delicado (circa 1475-circa 1540?) - Bernal Diaz del Castillo (circa 1496-1584) - Garcilaso de la Vega (1499 or 1503-1536) --Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) - Alvar Gomez de Ciudad Real (Alvar Gomex de Guadalajara) (circa 1488-1538) - Fray Luis de Granada (1504-1588) - Fray Antonio de Guevara (1480?-1545) - Leon Hebreo (circa 1460-1520) - Fernando de Herrera (1534?-1597) - San Juan de la Cruz (1542-1591) - Fray Bartolome de Las Casas (1474-1566) - Fray Luis de Leon (1527-1591) - Lope de Rueda (1510?-1565?) - Juan de Mariana (1535 or 1536-1624) - Pedro Mejia (1497-1551) - Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1504-1575) - Jorge de Montemayor (1521?-1561?) - Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo (1478-1557) - Juan Gutierrez Rufo (1547?-1620?) - Diego Sanchez de Badajoz (?-1552?) - St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) - Francisco de la Torre (fl. Late 16th century) - Bartolome de Torres Naharro (1485?-1523?) - Alfonso de Valdes (circa 1490?-1532) - Juan de Valdes (circa 1508-1541) - Gil Vicente (1465-1536 or 1540?) - Antonio de Villegas (fl. 1560s) - Juan Luis Vives (1493-1540) - The Spanish Byzantine Novel - The Sixteenth-Century Spanish Epic -- Sixteenth-Century Spanish Humanism - The Moorish Novel of the Sixteenth-Century - The Pastoral Novel of the Sixteenth-Century - Sentimental Fiction of the Sixteenth-Century - "La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes" - Women Writers in Sixteenth-Century Spain.
Summary Essays on Spanish writers of the sixteenth-century, a period of territorial expansion, political hegemony and cultural prosperity in the face of ideological repression. Discusses the Hapsburg dynasty, the impact of the Counter-Reformation and the Inquisition had on censorship and literary production, and the Spanish passion for the theater that increased during the 1600s, during the pinnacle of the Golden Age of drama.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web.
Original Version Original: 439 p.
System Details Mode of access: Internet.
Subject Authors, Spanish -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies.
Added Author Kaplan, Gregory B., 1966-
Gale Group.
ISBN 0787681369
9780787681364