El "Somni de l'infern" de Pere Jacint Morlà i la tradició satírica en el barroc

Authors

  • Joan Mahiques i Climent

Abstract

Somni de linfern by Pere Jacint Morlà epitomizes the conventional, satirical motifs of Baroque poetry and also offers a truly complete spectrum of seventeenth-century society. Furthermore, from a literary point of view, it shows an affinity with the literary output of Francisco de Quevedo and Jacint Alonso Maluenda. In fact, Morlàs composition is indebted to Sueños and the ballad Los que quisieren saber by Quevedo, in which hell is used as a pretext for the satirical and burlesque. The case of Maluenda only appears to be different: although neither in Cozquilla del gusto nor in Bureo de las musas del Turia nor in Tropezón de la risa is hell represented satirically as in Quevedo or Morlà, the social types satirized are the same. What is more, Maluendas plays do indeed offer us a vision of hell in the form of Infierno, baile famoso entremesado, included in Ramillete gracioso, compuesto de entremeses famosos y bailes entremesados, por diferentes ingenios (València, Silvestre Esparsa, 1643).

Published

2005-07-05

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