The Study of Spanish and Portuguese Literature. Friedrich Bouterwek

DRAMATIC POETRY, DURING THE FIRST HALF AND TEN SUCCEEDING YEARS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

       HISTORY OF SPANISH PROSE DURING THE FIRST HALF AND TEN SUCCEEDING YEARS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

       SPANISH CRITICISM DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS SECTION.

       SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century.

       CERVANTES.

       LOPE DE VEGA.

       THE BROTHERS LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA.

       CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF SPANISH POETRY AND ELOQUENCE DURING THE AGE OF CERVANTES AND LOPE DE VEGA.

       FRESH FAILURES IN EPIC POETRY—ERCILLA’S ARAUCANA.

       LYRIC AND BUCOLIC POETS OF THE CLASSIC SCHOOL OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

       RISE OF A NEW IRREGULAR AND FANTASTICAL STYLE IN SPANISH POETRY.

       GONGORA AND HIS ESTILO CULTO—THE CULTORISTOS—THE CONCEPTISTOS.

       TWO DRAMATIC POETS OF THE AGE OF LOPE DE VEGA.

       NOVELS IN THE AGE OF CERVANTES AND LOPE DE VEGA.

       PROGRESSIVE CULTIVATION OF THE HISTORICAL ART—MARIANA.

       FLUCTUATION OF SPANISH TASTE FROM THE CLASSIC TO THE CORRUPT STYLE.

       QUEVEDO.

       VILLEGAS.

       CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF LYRIC, BUCOLIC, EPIC, DIDACTIC, AND SATIRICAL POETRY, TO THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD EMBRACED BY THIS SECTION.

       JAUREGUI.

       BORJA Y ESQUILLACHE.

       OTHER POETS OF THIS PERIOD—THE SYLVAS, OR POETIC FORESTS.

       REBOLLEDO.

       CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE SPANISH DRAMA.

       CALDERON.

       HISTORY OF THE SPANISH DRAMA CONTINUED TO THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD OF THIS SECTION.

       ANTONIO DE SOLIS—MORETO—JUAN DE HOZ—TIRSO DE MOLINA—FRANCISCO DE ROXAS—AUGUSTIN DE SALAZAR—MIRA DE MESCUA, &c.

       CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF SPANISH ELOQUENCE AND CRITICISM WITHIN THE PERIOD OF THIS SECTION.

       INTRODUCTION OF GONGORISM INTO SPANISH PROSE—BALTHASAR GRACIAN.

       BOOK III.

       HISTORY OF SPANISH LITERATURE FROM ITS DECLINE IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

       CHAP. I.

       GENERAL VIEW OF THE STATE OF POETICAL AND RHETORICAL CULTIVATION IN SPAIN DURING THIS PERIOD.

       CHAP. II.

       DECAY OF THE OLD SPANISH POETRY AND ELOQUENCE, AND INTRODUCTION OF THE FRENCH STYLE INTO SPANISH LITERATURE.

       CANDAMO, ZAMORA, AND CAÑIZARES, DRAMATISTS IN THE OLD NATIONAL STYLE.

       DOÑA JUANA INEZ DE LA CRUZ.

       GERARDO LOBO.

       DIFFUSION OF THE FRENCH TASTE—LUZAN, HIS ART OF POETRY, &c.

       MAYANS Y SISCAR—BLAS NASSARE.

       MONTIANO’S TRAGEDIES IN THE FRENCH STYLE.

       VELASQUEZ.

       CHAPTER III.

       CONCLUDING PERIOD OF THE HISTORY OF SPANISH POETRY AND ELOQUENCE.

       LA HUERTA.

       SEDANO.

       YRIARTE.

       LEON DE ARROYAL.

       JUAN MELENDEZ VALDES.

       BRIEF NOTICE OF SOME OF THE MORE RECENT LITERARY PRODUCTIONS OF SPAIN.

       CONCLUSION.