Sueños y discursos

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Sueños y discursos is a satirical prose work by Spanish Golden Age writer Francisco de Quevedo that vividly critiques the vices and follies of his society through dreamlike allegories.

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Label Occurrences
Los Sueños 1
Sueños y discursos canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque literature ⓘ
Spanish literary work ⓘ
satirical prose work ⓘ
aimsTo reform customs through satire ⓘ
author Francisco de Quevedo ⓘ
circulation manuscript copies before full print publication ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
criticizes avarice ⓘ
clergy abuses ⓘ
corrupt officials ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
lawyers ⓘ
physicians ⓘ
social climbers ⓘ
vanity ⓘ
depicts afterlife scenes ⓘ
everyday social types ⓘ
judgment of souls ⓘ
genre prose ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCensorshipHistory subject to ecclesiastical scrutiny ⓘ
hasPart Sueño de la muerte ⓘ
Sueño de las calaveras ⓘ
Sueño del Infierno ⓘ
Sueño del Juicio ⓘ
Sueño del mundo por de dentro ⓘ
discursos añadidos en ediciones posteriores ⓘ
influenced later Spanish satirical prose ⓘ
influencedBy medieval dream vision tradition ⓘ
literaryMovement Baroque ⓘ
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
mainTheme critique of vices ⓘ
folly of society ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
narrativeMode dream vision ⓘ
notableFeature dreamlike allegories ⓘ
moral and religious commentary ⓘ
satirical portrayal of contemporary society ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
protagonistType first-person narrator ⓘ
setIn Spain of the early 17th century ⓘ
styleCharacteristic conceptismo ⓘ
hyperbole ⓘ
moralizing tone ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
timeOfCreation early 17th century ⓘ
usesLiteraryDevice allegory ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francisco de Quevedo → notableWork → Sueños y discursos ⓘ
Francisco de Quevedo → notableWork → Los Sueños ⓘ
linked to: Sueños y discursos