Periodical (dates): The New Monthly Magazine (1814-1884)

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Volume: 10

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Number: 40

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Date: 1824 (January)

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Place of publication: London

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Pages: 328-333

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Editor: Henry Colburn (1784/5-1855)

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Author (Reviewer): Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza (1789-1851)

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Brief description:

Discussion on the decline of Spanish drama in the XVI and XVII centuries under the Austrian dinasty, provoked, according to the author, by the influence of Luis de Góngora’s innovations in poetical style, and completed with the death of Calderón.

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Spanish authors mentioned:

Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627)
Garcilaso de la Vega (c. 1491/1503-1536)
Fray Luis de León (1527-1591)
Juan Boscán Almogávar (1490-1542)
Bernardo de Balbuena (1562-1627)
Francisco de Rioja (1583-1659)
Francisco de Quevedo Villegas (1580-1645)
Fernando de Herrera (1534-1597)
Juan de Arguijo (1567-1622)
Bartolomé Juan Leonardo de Argensola (1562-1631)
Esteban Manuel de Villegas (1589-1669)
Baltasar del Alcázar (1530-1606)
Antonio de Solís y Rivadeneyra (1610-1686)
Agustín Moreto y Cavana (1618-1669)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681)
Juan de Tassis y Peralta, Count of Villamediana (1582-1622)
Hortensio Félix Paravicino y Arteaga (1580-1633)

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Spanish works mentioned:

Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos (Lope de Vega, 1624)

La dama duende [Primera parte de comedias de don Pedro Calderón de la Barca] (Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1636)

La fiera, el rayo y la piedra (Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1652)

El castillo de Lindabridis (Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1691)

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

Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos (Lope de Vega, 1624) (P)

La vida es sueño (Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1635) (P)

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

Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos (Lope de Vega, 1624) (P)

La vida es sueño (Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1635) (P)

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Other relevant Spanish names mentioned:

Philip II of Spain (1537-1598)

Charles II of Spain (1661-1700)

Charles III of Spain (1716-1788)

Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma (1553-1625)

Rodrigo Calderón de Aranda, 1st Marquis of Siete Iglesias (1576-1621)

Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665)

Philip V of Spain (1683-1746)

Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713-1759)

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Spanish place names:

Madrid

Zaragoza

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Additional information:

References to Calderón “Autos Sacramentales”, “Heroic Comedies” and comedies “de Capa y Espada”

Reference to “an author called Termin del Rey, a native of Saragosa” (unidentified)

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External link to the review: Click here

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