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

• Autore: Maldonado Juan <ca. 1485-1554.>
• Pubblicazione: Leuven, : Leuven University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Disciplina: 860.9003
• Soggetto topico: Latin literature, Medieval and modern - History and criticism; Picaresque literature, Spanish - History and criticism
• Altri autori: MaldonadoJuan <ca. 1485-1554.> SmithWarren S. <1941-> ColahanClark A <1945-> (Clark Andrews)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Spanish humanism on the verge of the picaresque
• ISBN: 94-6166-053-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Latino
• Record Nr.: 9910816627803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia ; ; 24.