Libros de Francisco Delicado (2 libros)

Biblioteca Clásica de la Real Academia Española. Joyas universales de nuestras letras Francisco Delicado nos trae la historia de una prostituta en la Roma del siglo XVI, justo antes del saqueo de 1527: una obra maestra de la literatura renacentista que plasma con realismo tanto el gracejo del habla de los bajos fondos como el lenguaje de las clases cultas de la época. Edición de Jacques Joset y Folke Gernert.

Francisco Delicado's El Retrato de la Lozana Andaluza is a satire that ridicules and denounces blood purity and the codes of conduct of the elite in early modern Spain and Italy. The novel published in Venice in 1528 was written in the form of a dialogue. Its author, the Spanish clergyman and publisher Francisco Delicado escaped from Rome a year earlier due to the anti-Spanish ideas. Published anonymously, the novel depicts the life of the underworld of Rome during the first third of the sixteenth century, especially among the community of Spanish Jews who progressively moved to Rome after...