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Guillen de Castro (Valencia, 1569-Madrid, 1631). Espana. Fue capitan de caballeria, gobernador de Scigliano en Napoles y en Madrid secretario del marques de Penafiel. Muy cercano a Lope de Vega, formo parte de la Academia de los nocturnos, la unica academia que publico en actas los poemas discutidos durante sus reuniones semanales y que radico en Valencia entre 1591 y 1593. Murio en la pobreza y un tanto olvidado.

Esta obra traza un perfil que sera despues clasico de la literatura de la Espana del siglo XVII, el del galan presuntuoso, el petimetre cortesano, narcisista, pagado de si mismo, algo provinciano pendiente siempre del espejo para exhibir su presunta capacidad de seduccion.

La fuente argumental de este relato viene del Orlando furioso de Ariosto. Considerada una novela dentro del Quijote, tambien Cervantes conto esta historia.

Ademas de El conde Alarcos, de tema caballeresco;Guillen de Castro, quien pertenecio a la caballeria, escribio comedias inspiradas en obras de Cervantes, entre las que cabe citar: Don Quijote de la Mancha, El curioso impertinente y La fuerza de la sangre. Tambien son dignas de mencion El amor constante, tragedia familiar que justifica la muerte de los tiranos.

Esta obra rememora las mocedades de Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Gimena Gomez, Diego Lainez, Urraca y el Rey, personajes con la sangre caliente de la nobleza castellana de la Alta Edad Media que evolucionan, gracias a de Castro, en un teatro que preconiza la mezcla de los generos, el espiritu barroco, la libertad de escritura, y el desorden de las situaciones.

Esta es una version teatral de la celebre historia del Quijote.

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Guillen de Castro (Valencia, 1569-Madrid, 1631). Espana. Fue capitan de caballeria, gobernador de Scigliano en Napoles y en Madrid secretario del marques de Penafiel. Muy cercano a Lope de Vega, formo parte de la Academia de los nocturnos, la unica academia que publico en actas los poemas discutidos durante sus reuniones semanales y que radico en Valencia entre 1591 y 1593. Murio en la pobreza y un tanto olvidado.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.