The Critick
work by Gracián y Morales
Also known as: “El criticón”
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discussed in biography
- In Baltasar Gracián
…El criticón (1651, 1653, 1657; The Critick), a three-part philosophical novel considered by the 19th-century German pessimistic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer one of the most important books ever written. In it he examined society from the standpoint of a savage and gave the clearest statement of his pessimistic philosophy with its…
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place in Spanish literature
- In Spanish literature: Culteranismo and conceptismo
…El criticón (1651, 1653, 1657; The Critick) reflected a pessimistic vision of life as “daily dying.”
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