Key Points

• Spanish dramatist of success and cultivator of heroic poetry

• Promoter in Spain of the French style neoclassical theater

• Prominent figure of the Neoclassical literary style in Spain

• Common values on his work are the denunciation of false piety and criticism of hypocrisy

• Admirer of the Enlightenment and remarkable critic of society vices

• Denounced by the Inquisition for his comedy El sí de las niñas

Relevant Works

• El viejo y la niña

• La comedia nueva

• El sí de las niñas

• El barón

• La mojigata