Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper
by Francisco de Quevedo
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Francisco de Quevedo holds the status of a man-of-letters in the same pantheon as Cervantes; but despite that, Pablo de Segovia is his only novel. Quevedo had circulated the manuscript privately for several years before it was published in 1626 without his permission. The novel is partly a satire of contemporary Spanish life, and a caricature of the various social strata Pablo encounters and emulates.
Pablo himself is a low-born person who aspires to become a gentleman, but despite his best efforts he repeatedly fails and is eventually forced to become a “sharper,” or rogue. His failures give Quevedo an avenue to expound on his belief that attempting to break past your social class can only lead to disorder; and that despite one’s best efforts, bettering oneself is largely impossible. Pablo’s stumbling from misfortune to misfortune is a farce that helped cement Quevedo’s reputation as a literary giant.
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Criticism, textual, Spanish language, Readers, Romance literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Spanish fiction, Novela picaresca, Novela picaresca española, Literatura española, Picaresque novels, Satire, Barroco, Baroque literature, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Spanish language materials, Historia de la vida del Buscón (Quevedo, Francisco de), Spanish literature, Adaptations, Rogues and vagabonds, Lazarillo de Tormes, Swindlers and swindling, Brujas, Witches, Estafa, Ficcion, Fiction, LITERATURA PICARESCA, NOVELA ESPAÑOLA, Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction, Spain -- Fiction, Picaresque literature, Spanish, General, Fiction - General, Textual Criticism, Quevedo, francisco de, 1580-1645Places
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2007, Editorial Espasa Calpe
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Historia de la vida del buscón
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Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos
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Historia de la vida del buscón llamado don Pablos
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La vida del Buscón (de título completo Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado don Pablos; ejemplo de vagamundos y espejo de tacaños, y conocida también como El Buscón) es una novela picaresca en castellano, escrita por Francisco de Quevedo. El libro se publicó por primera vez en 1626, aunque circuló antes en copias manuscritas algunas de las cuales se conservan hoy en día. Quevedo nunca reconoció haber escrito El Buscón, probablemente para esquivar problemas con la Inquisición, y su silencio sobre esta obra, pese a estar la autoría fuera de toda duda, ha incrementado los problemas en la datación de su composición. Se han propuesto fechas que van de 1604 a 1620 y un proceso de reelaboración posterior en el que Quevedo estaría trabajando hasta cerca de 1640.
El Buscón (full title Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos, ejemplo de vagamundos y espejo de tacaños (literally: History of the life of the Swindler, called Don Pablos, model for hobos and mirror of misers); translated as Paul the Sharper or The Scavenger and The Swindler) is a picaresque novel by Francisco de Quevedo. It was written around 1604 (the exact date of completion is not known) and published in 1626 by a press in Zaragoza (without Quevedo's permission, though it had circulated in manuscript form previous to that.
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