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Francisco de Quevedo (Madrid, 1580-1645) was well known for his rich and dynamic style, achieved through an ingenious and complex manipulation of language. Yet he was also a consistent and systematic thinker, with moral philosophy, broadly understood, lying at the core of his numerous and varied works. Quevedo lived in an age of transition, with th

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1. The Purpose of Literature 2. Neostoicism 3. Lucianesque Satire 4. Comicality 5. The Natural Environment 6. Statecraft 7. Nobility 8. War 9. Contemporary Chronicles 10. Considering Petrarch’s Canzoniere 11. Erotic Neoplatonism 12. Quevedo’s Readers

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/09/2016
      ISBN13: 9781909662810, 978-1909662810
      ISBN10: 190966281X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Francisco de Quevedo (Madrid, 1580-1645) was well known for his rich and dynamic style, achieved through an ingenious and complex manipulation of language. Yet he was also a consistent and systematic thinker, with moral philosophy, broadly understood, lying at the core of his numerous and varied works. Quevedo lived in an age of transition, with th

      Table of Contents
      1. The Purpose of Literature 2. Neostoicism 3. Lucianesque Satire 4. Comicality 5. The Natural Environment 6. Statecraft 7. Nobility 8. War 9. Contemporary Chronicles 10. Considering Petrarch’s Canzoniere 11. Erotic Neoplatonism 12. Quevedo’s Readers

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