Hernán Pérez de Oliva, Hernán Pérez de Oliva's Works

Elena Pellus Pérez (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Yale University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.01: Spanish Literature and Culture from the Beginning to the Golden Age.
Vol. editors: Andrew M. Beresford (University of Durham), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Juan Pablo Rodriguez (Yale University), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Domains

Philosophy (any)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1519 - 1530

Places

Spain (Publication/ performance; Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Drama
Historiography

Resources

Hernán Pérez de Oliva’s Dramatic Works

Hernán Pérez de Oliva knew that Castilian could only acquire the level of learned language by having good writers. He thus tried to set an example with a trilogy of drama works: the comedy the Muestra de la lengua castellana en el nacimiento de Hércules o Comedia del Anfitrión [Exhibition of Castilian Language in the Birth of Hercules or Comedy of the Amphitrion] (not yet translated) (1524?-1525) and two tragedies, Hécuba triste [Sad Hecuba] (not yet translated) (1519/1524-1528?) and La venganza de Agamenón [Agamemnon’s Revenge] (not yet translated) (1524?-1528).

Pérez de Oliva’s understanding of drama as a means to edify and …

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Citation: Pellus Pérez, Elena. "Hernán Pérez de Oliva's Works". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 April 2016 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35724, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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