Delicado, Francisco

Retrato de la Lozana Andaluza : En lengua española muy clarísima, compuesto en Roma. - 1 online resource : multiple file formats

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Lozana:_The_Lusty_Andalusian_Woman Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Lozana_andaluza Release date is 2015-10-23

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"Retrato de la Lozana Andaluza" by Francisco Delicado is a novel published in Venice in 1528. Written in dialogue form, it follows Aldonza, an Andalusian prostitute, and her companion Rampín through Rome's underworld in the early sixteenth century. The work vividly portrays the tricks, deceptions, and crude realities of prostitution among the Spanish-Jewish community before Rome's sacking. Rich with popular wisdom, folklore, and a混合 of Italian and Spanish, this picaresque tale captures Renaissance life from the streets with unflinching naturalism and remarkable vitality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Picaresque literature Spanish fiction -- Classical period, 1500-1700

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