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Moratín, Leandro Fernández de
Moratín, Leandro Fernández de (1760–1828), Spanish poet and dramatist, son of Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737–80), who disapproved of Lope de Vega and his followers and of the auto sacramental, and based his three tragedies on the strict laws of French neo-classicism. His son was also a neo-classicist, but unbent enough to produce an amusing satire on the extravagant drama popular in Spain at the time, entitled La comedia nueva o el café, aimed at the popular playwright Comella. Leandro's most successful play was El sí de la niñas (When a Girl says Yes, 1806), in which he defends a woman's right to choose for husband the man she loves. Leandro, who was exiled from Spain for supporting Joseph Bonaparte, lived in France for some years. He was a great admirer of Molière, and made excellent though somewhat free translations of two of his plays. He was also the first to translate Hamlet directly from the English text into Spanish.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Moratín, Leandro Fernández de." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Moratín, Leandro Fernández de." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-MoratnLeandroFernndezde.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Moratín, Leandro Fernández de." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-MoratnLeandroFernndezde.html |
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín
Leandro Fernández de Moratín , 1760-1828, Spanish dramatist and poet. A supporter of Joseph Bonaparte, he lived in exile in France after Bonaparte fell. Molière, whose works he translated, was his literary model. His plays, satiric and psychologically acute, include El sí de las niñas [the maidens' consent] (1806), for which he was denounced to the Inquisition. He was subsequently compelled to give up playwriting. |
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"Leandro Fernández de Moratín." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Leandro Fernández de Moratín." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FernanM.html "Leandro Fernández de Moratín." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FernanM.html |
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín
Leandro Fernández de Moratín see Fernández de Moratín, Leandro . |
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"Leandro Fernández de Moratín." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Leandro Fernández de Moratín." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Moratin.html "Leandro Fernández de Moratín." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Moratin.html |
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