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Cristòfol Despuig : Dialogues : a Catalan Renaissance colloquy set in the City of Tortosa / Cristòfor Despuig ; translated by Henry Ettinghausen.

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Cristòfol Despuig : Dialogues : a Catalan Renaissance colloquy set in the City of Tortosa / Cristòfor Despuig ; translated by Henry Ettinghausen.
Author
Despuig, Cristòfor.
Publication
Woodbridge : Tamesis 2014.

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  • Ettinghausen, Henry.
  • Ettinghausen, Henry
  • Querol Coll, Enric, 1965-
  • Solervicens, Josep.
Description
177 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"The Dialogues written by Cristòfol Despuig in 1557 under the title Los col-loquis de la insigne ciutat de Tortosa offer a critical review of a host of issues that were topical at the time. The three speakers in the work--Livio, the knight from Tortosa; Fabio, the gentleman from Tortosa; and Don Pedro, the knight from Valencia--elegantly exchange their subtly contrasting views regarding politics, society and the Church as they stroll through the streets of the city Tortosa and sail along the Ebro. The main features of the dialogue, which typify the revival of the genre in the Renaissance, lie in the way it expresses differing opinions, creates multiple perspectives and constructs a consistent plot that imitates a spontaneous conversation whilst providing a structure for the speakers' reflections. Both the ways in which it articulates the discussion and the specific ideas that it allocates to its speakers make Despuig's Dialogues a text that exemplifies the Renaissance in Catalonia"--Introduction.
Series Statement
Tamesis, series B: Textos ; 57
Uniform Title
Colección Támesis. Serie B, Textos ; 57.
Alternative Title
Catalan Renaissance colloquy set in the city of Tortosa
Subject
  • Dialogues, Catalan > Translations into English
  • Tortosa (Spain) > History > Miscellanea
  • Catalonia (Spain) > History > Miscellanea
  • Aragon (Spain) > Miscellanea
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Trivia and miscellanea
  • Translations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 1855662752 (pbk.)
  • 9781855662759 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 883366637
  • SCSB-10607683
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library