Identifier: 10

Title of the Review/Article: 

Don Esteban, or Memoirs of a Spaniard, written by himself. (Article no. VIII)

Periodical (dates): The Quarterly Review (1809-1967)
Volume: 33
Number: 65
Date: 1825 (December)
Place of publication: London
Pages: 205-217
Editor: John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876)
Author (Reviewer): Joseph Blanco White (1775-1841)
Book (Reviewed):

Valentín de Llanos Gutiérrez. Don Esteban; or, Memoirs of a Spaniard, 3 vols. (London: Henry Colburn, 1825).


Brief description:

Negative review of Valentín de Llanos’s Don Esteban (London, 1825). Blanco argues that it could not be the work of a Spaniard (i.e. he disagrees with Llanos’s depiction of the country) and criticises Spanish liberals.


Spanish authors mentioned:

Valentín de Llanos Gutiérrez (1795-1885)
Nicasio Álvarez de Cienfuegos (1764-1809)
Juan de Mena (1411-1456)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Lope Félix de Vega Carpio (1562-1635)
Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627)
Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579-1644)


Spanish works mentioned:

Don Esteban; or, Memoirs of a Spaniard (Valentín de Llanos, 1825 )

“Mis transformaciones” [Poesías de D. Nicasio Álvarez Cienfuegos] (Álvarez Cienfuegos, 1798)

Historia del famoso predicador fray Gerundio de Campazas (José Francisco de Isla y Rojo, Padre Isla, 1758)

El diablo cojuelo (Vélez de Guevara, 1641)


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

Don Esteban; or, Memoirs of a Spaniard (Valentín de Llanos, 1825) (P)

“Mis transformaciones” [Poesías de D. Nicasio Álvarez Cienfuegos] (Álvarez Cienfuegos, 1798) (P)


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

El diablo cojuelo (Vélez de Guevara, 1641) (P)


Other relevant Spanish names mentioned:

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

Charles I of Spain, also known as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria (1500-1558)

Philip III of Spain (1578-1621)

Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665)

Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784-1833)


Spanish place names:

Calatayud

Cadiz

Madrid

Seville

Castille

Aragon

Zaragoza

Jaca

Auzanego

Mexico

Pisuerga

Barcelona

Numancia

Villacastín


References to Spanish relevant historic events:

Peninsular War (1808-1814)

Liberal Triennium (1820-1823)

Spanish Constitution (1812)


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