Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras
work by Villarroel
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discussed in biography
- In Diego de Torres Villarroel
…is now remembered for his Vida, picaresque memoirs that are among the best sources for information on life in 18th-century Spain.
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Spanish literature
- In Spanish literature: New critical approaches
…Diego de Torres Villarroel, whose Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras (1743–58; “Life, Ancestry, Birth, Upbringing, and Adventures”), whether a novel or an autobiography, remains among the century’s most readable narratives. Torres Villarroel experimented with all literary genres, and his collected works, published 1794–99, are fertile sources for studying 18th-century…
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