| Cristóbal De Virués |
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| spanish dramatists and playwrights | |
| virués, cristóbal de | |
| spanish poets | |
| valencian people | |
| 1550 births | |
| 1614 deaths | |
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The first-fruit of his leisure was ''El Monserrate'' (1587), a dull poem on a repulsive subject which had the honor of being praised by Cervantes , and of being reprinted in 1601. Shortly afterwards Virués returned to Italy and issued a recast of his poem entitled ''El Monserrate segundo'' (1602). His ''Obras trágicas y liricas'' (1609) include five Tragedies : ''La Gran Semiramis, La Cruel Casandra, Atila furioso, La Infelice Marcela'' and ''Elisa Dido''. The date of his death is unknown, but he is conjectured to have been alive as late as 1614. Virues belongs to the school of dramatists displaced by Lope De Vega , and his methods were out of fashion before his plays were printed; yet he is an interesting figure, chiefly because of the very extravagances which destroy the effect of his best scenes. REFERENCES |
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