Cervantes Bones

[Dave Monroe]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31852032

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 7:29 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/17/don-quixote-author-cervantes-remains-identified
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> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 7:38 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     So if you went back to the very early 1600's in Madrid the
>> literary man of the moment was NOT Cervantes, but Lope de Vega. (Later
>> they were very serious rivals.) Lope wrote poetry and drama which
>> commanded both greater cultural and economic capital. Cervantes'
>> writing, and above all El Quijote, were popular but took their place
>> in letters over time. (The novel would take time to displace the
>> theatre from the place of honor in european culture.) Lope did quite
>> well writing works upon request (and for pay) and eventually became
>> secretary to a Duke and finally took religious orders. As such, when
>> he died he was immediately put on a pedastal.
>>
>>   Poor Miguel had a rather different lot; he was rather poor. It
>> speaks volumes that his bones were lost for many years. (The street of
>> the house where he died was not named after him until 1833.) Worse,
>> his final resting place, Convento Trinitarias Descalzas,  was on a
>> street named.... yep, Lope de Vega. Talk about rolling in your grave.
>>
>>   You may know Miguel and Shakes died on the same "date" (different
>> calendars so...) and thus UNESCO has made Apr 23 International Book
>> Day. Moreover, Don Quijote is supposedly the most published and
>> translated book after the bible. It would seem that time has favored
>> Cervantes over the long hall.
>>
>>    This was not a diss on Lope de Vega. No "punking" going on here.
>> Some here mya like his sonnets. Or seem may lean towards Miguel's
>> talking dog story. But as they say in Spain: "Para los gustos son los
>> colores."
>>
>> agur
>> mc otis
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