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1585?, Madrid, Spain
Died:
1638, Madrid
Subjects Of Study:
Spain
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Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses (born 1585?, Madrid, Spain—died 1638, Madrid) was a Spanish writer of histories and short stories. Céspedes is best known for his early work, the romance Poema trágico del español Gerardo, y desengaño del amor lascivo (1615–17), translated (1622) by Leonard Digges as Gerardo the Unfortunate Spaniard, or a Pattern for Lascivious Lovers. It was drawn upon by John Fletcher for two plays, The Spanish Curate (1622; with Philip Massinger) and The Maid in the Mill (1623; with William Rowley). Céspedes ran into political difficulties upon the publication of his Historia apologética en los sucessos del ...(100 of 206 words)

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