La cuna y la sepultura

E872883

La cuna y la sepultura is a moral and philosophical prose work by Francisco de Quevedo that reflects on human life, death, and the vanity of worldly pursuits.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
La cuna y la sepultura canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
moral treatise ⓘ
prose work ⓘ
associatedWith Counter-Reformation spirituality ⓘ
author Francisco de Quevedo ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 17th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
emphasizes detachment from earthly goods ⓘ
the importance of salvation ⓘ
the moral responsibility of the individual ⓘ
focusesOn moral reform of the reader ⓘ
preparation for death ⓘ
the brevity of life ⓘ
genre moral literature ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
hasMoralPerspective Christian asceticism ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish The Cradle and the Grave ⓘ
intendedAudience Christian readers ⓘ
intendedEffect moral edification of readers ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Spanish Baroque ⓘ
mainTheme Christian morality ⓘ
contempt for the world ⓘ
death ⓘ
human life ⓘ
transience of earthly goods ⓘ
vanity of worldly pursuits ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Baroque moralism ⓘ
Christian philosophy ⓘ
reflectsViewOf the inevitability of death ⓘ
the world as vanity ⓘ
relatedWorkAuthor Francisco de Quevedo ⓘ
workOf Francisco de Quevedo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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