The fact that Florentino Sanz is comparatively unknown will justify the detailed Biographical Sketch.
The text is a careful reproduction of that of the first edition, Madrid, 1848, except, of course, for frequent corrections in punctuation. Only the important stage directions have been retained; others that in great profusion specify the facial expression and tone of voice of the actors have been rejected in many places as more cumbersome than useful.
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CONTENTS
| [PREFACE] |
| [Eulogio Florentino Sanz] |
| [Historical Introduction] |
| [Versification] |
| [DON FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO] |
| [ ACTO I] |
| [ ACTO SEGUNDO] |
| [ ACTO TERCERO] |
| [ ACTO CUARTO] |
| [NOTES] |
| [Vocabulary] |
| [Footnotes] |
EULOGIO FLORENTINO SANZ
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
The name of Eulogio Florentino Sanz is little known outside of Spain, where for more than seventy years it has been closely linked with his chief dramatic achievement, "Don Francisco de Quevedo," and with his translations from Heine. Now and then the plea that something be done toward bringing out an edition of his works has found expression but met with no response. To read his scattered verses it is necessary to search the pages of that wilderness of papers, dailies, weeklies, monthlies, and annuals, which appeared in Madrid between 1840 and 1870. Though we are told that he wrote much, it is none the less true that he published next to nothing. In 1848, at the age of twenty-seven he was freely spoken of as one of the most promising of his generation of poets and dramatists. Vanity and indolence at maturity prevented his fulfilling the promise.