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Satire, Spanish Books
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Francisco de Quevedo
Los Sueños, Volume I
"Los Sueños, Volume I" by Francisco de Quevedo is a philosophical work published in 1627. Through five satirical dream visions, Quevedo launches a biting critique of all levels of Spanish society during the Golden Age. Using allegories, wordplay, and dark humor, he guides readers through the Final Judgment, Hell, and Death itself, exposing the vices, corruption, and hypocrisy of doctors, nobles, officials, and everyday citizens alike. This baroque masterpiece combines moral philosophy with scathing social commentary.
Francisco de Quevedo
Los Sueños, Volume II
"Los Sueños, Volume II" by Francisco de Quevedo is a satirical work written between 1605 and 1621. This masterpiece of Spanish Baroque prose consists of five allegorical visions that expose the vices and corruption of every social class in Golden Age Spain. Through dreams of judgment, hell, and death, Quevedo unleashes biting criticism of doctors, nobles, and hypocrites alike. Blending philosophical reflection with dark humor, he employs rich conceptual wordplay and classical sources to create a scathing moral commentary on human nature and Spanish society under the Habsburgs.
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