Isla, José Francisco de 1703-1781 creator Lidforss, Edvard 1833-1910 text utu 2020 monographic es 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Historia del famoso predicador Fray Gerundio de Campazas, alias Zotes (1 de 2)" by José Francisco de Isla is a satirical novel published in 1758. The work ridicules the bombastic preaching style of eighteenth-century Spanish orators who used exaggerated baroque language in the pulpit. The protagonist, Fray Gerundio, becomes famous for his absurdly ornate sermons filled with meaningless phrases. Guided by his grotesque mentor Fray Blas and challenged by the wise Fray Prudencio, Gerundio's journey exposes the decadent excesses of late baroque rhetoric while offering vivid portraits of Spanish provincial life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fray_Gerundio_de_Campazas Release date is 2020-08-14 Produced by Ramón Pajares Box and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Original publication data not identified Spanish fiction -- 18th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62926 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62926 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134441.0 62926