TY - BOOK ID - 17148983 TI - Spanish humanism on the verge of the picaresque AU - Maldonado, Juan AU - Smith, Warren S AU - Colahan, Clark PY - 2009 VL - 24 SN - 9789058677082 9058677087 9461660537 9789461660534 PB - Leuven Leuven University Press DB - UniCat KW - Latin literature, Medieval and modern KW - Picaresque literature, Spanish KW - History and criticism. KW - Maldonado, Juan, KW - Maldonado, Juan KW - Academic collection KW - 2 MALDONATUS, JOANNES KW - 2 MALDONATUS, JOANNES Godsdienst. Theologie--MALDONATUS, JOANNES KW - Godsdienst. Theologie--MALDONATUS, JOANNES KW - Littérature latine médiévale et moderne KW - Littérature picaresque espagnole KW - Histoire et critique KW - History and criticism KW - Maldonat, Joan, KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Latin literature, Medieval and modern - History and criticism. KW - Picaresque literature, Spanish - History and criticism. KW - Maldonado, Juan, - ca. 1485-1554. KW - Maldonado, Juan, - ca. 1485-1554. - Ludus Chartarum. KW - Maldonado, Juan, - ca. 1485-1554. - Pastor Bonus. KW - Maldonado, Juan, - ca. 1485-1554. - Bacchanalia. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17148983 AB - The 16th-century humanist Juan Maldonado in his Latin essays foreshadows the Spanish picaresque. Like Erasmus, with whom he corresponded,Maldonado advocated the use of Latin in a wide-range of activities. Maldonado's Pastor Bonus, a lengthy open letter to a bishop, reviews in a vivid and satirical style the abuses of the churchmen in his diocese. His ludus chartarum is framed as a colloquium similar to Vives' on the subject, entertaining while teaching a Latin terminology for card playing. His Bacchanalia, written for student actors, is a spirited play pitting the forces of Lent against those ER -