Identifier: 15

Title of the Review/Article: 

Spanish Poetry and Language. (Article no. IV)

Periodical (dates): The London Review (1829)
Volume: 1
Number: 2
Date: 1829 (July)
Place of publication: London
Pages: 388-403
Editor: Joseph Blanco White (1775-1841)
Author (Reviewer): Joseph Blanco White (1775-1841)
Book (Reviewed):

Juan María Maury. Espagne poétique, choix de poésies castillanes depuis Charles-Quint jusqu’à nos jours, mises en vers français; avec une dissertation comparée sur la langue et la versification espagnoles; une introduction en vers, et des articles biographiques, historiques et littéraires, 2 vols. (Paris: Imprimerie et fonderie de Fain, 1826-1827).

Brief description:

Review of Juan María Maury’s Espagne Poétique (1826-1827), a collection of Spanish poems translated into French, which also includes an introduction and some critical articles by Maury. Blanco, who devotes little attention to Maury’s work, expresses some of his views on Spanish poetry.

Spanish authors mentioned:

Juan María Maury (1772-1845)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega, Marqués de Santillana (1398-1458)
Juan de Mena (1411-1456)
Bernardo de Balbuena (1562-1627)
Ausiàs March (1397-1459)
Tomás de Iriarte (1750-1791)
Juan Boscán Almogávar (1490-1542)
Cándido María Trigueros (1736-1798)
José Antonio Conde (1766-1820)
Antonio de Nebrija (1441-1522)

Spanish works mentioned:

Esvero y Almedora (Juan María Maury, 1840)

Laberinto de Fortuna (Juan de Mena, 1444)

“Proemio” (Marqués de Santillana, 1449)

El Bernardo o Victoria de Roncesvalles (Bernardo de Balbuena, 1624)

References to editions of Spanish works:

Tomás Antonio Sánchez. Colección de poesías castellanas anteriores al siglo XV (Madrid: Antonio Sancha, 1780)

Spanish works cited (P=Partially, F=Fully):

Proemio(Marqués de Santillana, 1449) (P)

El Bernardo o Victoria de Roncesvalles (Bernardo de Balbuena, 1624) (P)

“Qui no es trist de mos dictats no cur” (Ausiàs March, c. 1450)

Spanish works translated (P=Partially, F=Fully):

Proemio (Marqués de Santillana, 1449) (P)

Other relevant Spanish names mentioned:

John II of Castile (1405-1454)

Henry IV of Castile (1425-1474)

Ferdinand II, King of Aragon and, by marriage, King of Castile (1452-1516)

Isabella I, Queen of Castile and Queen consort of Aragon (1451-1504)

Charles III of Spain (1716-1788)

Abd al-Rahman III (891-961)

Spanish place names:

Castile

Aragon

Galicia

Catalonia

Valencia

Guadalquivir

Córdoba