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Spanish humanism on the verge of the picaresque : : Juan Maldonado's Ludus Chartarum, Pastor Bonus, and Bacchanalia / edited with introduction, translation, and notes by Warren Smith & Clark Colahan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554.
- Series:
- Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia ; 24.
- Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia, 0775-1117 ; 24
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern.
- Picaresque literature, Spanish--History and criticism.
- Picaresque literature, Spanish.
- Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554.
- Maldonado, Juan.
- Maldonado, Juan, ca. 1485-1554. Ludus Chartarum.
- Maldonado, Juan, ca. 1485-1554. Pastor Bonus.
- Maldonado, Juan, ca. 1485-1554. Bacchanalia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (298 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291).
- Contains:
- Ludus Chartarum.
- Pastor Bonus.
- Bacchanalia.
- Maldonado, Juan, ca. 1485-1554. Ludus Chartarum.
- Maldonado, Juan, ca. 1485-1554. Pastor Bonus.
- Maldonado, Juan, ca. 1485-1554. Bacchanalia.
- ISBN:
- 94-6166-053-7
- OCLC:
- 715171590
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