Key Points

• Spanish writer and critic.

• Belong to a noble family and was educated in Italy

• Polyglot and diplomat

• Main theorist of the ideals of Neoclassicism in Spain

• Composed anacreontics, burlesque romances, and sonnets

• Particularly interested in theater writing translations and adaptations of plays

Relevant Works

• La Poética o reglas de la poesía en general y de sus principales especies

• Memorias literarias de París

• La virtud coronada

• El sueño del buen gusto

• A la conquista de Orán

• La Giganteida