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Spanish Enlightenment Literature (1750–1808)

Spanish Enlightenment Literature (1750–1808)

  1. Charles III begins reform-era cultural policy

    Labels: Charles III, Spanish Crown, Cultural Policy
  2. Esquilache Riots expose limits of top-down reform

    Labels: Esquilache Riots, Madrid, Popular Protest
  3. Madrid Economic Society founded to spread “useful” knowledge

    Labels: Madrid Economic, Real Sociedad, Amigos del
  4. Neoclassical tragedy gains prestige with Huerta’s Raquel

    Labels: Vicente Garc, Raquel, Neoclassical Drama
  5. Iriarte’s La música models didactic Enlightenment poetry

    Labels: Tom s, La m, Didactic Poetry
  6. Samaniego publishes fables for civic education

    Labels: F lix, F bulas, Civic Education
  7. Iriarte’s Fábulas literarias satirize bad writing

    Labels: Tom s, F bulas, Literary Criticism
  8. Cadalso’s Cartas marruecas published after his death

    Labels: Jos Cadalso, Cartas marruecas, Cultural Critique
  9. Noches lúgubres serializes, pointing toward pre-Romantic themes

    Labels: Jos Cadalso, Noches l, Pre-Romanticism
  10. Moratín premieres La comedia nueva, attacking theatrical excess

    Labels: Leandro Fern, La comedia, Theatrical Reform
  11. Jovellanos’s agrarian report exemplifies reform prose

    Labels: Gaspar Melchor, Informe agraria, Reform Prose
  12. Moratín’s El sí de las niñas becomes Enlightenment stage landmark

    Labels: Leandro Fern, El s, Social Critique
  13. Revolt of Aranjuez destabilizes the political order

    Labels: Revolt of, Ferdinand VII, Political Crisis
  14. Dos de Mayo uprising and Bayonne abdications fracture Enlightenment-era continuity

    Labels: Dos de, Bayonne Abdications, Peninsular War