Background
Alonso de Castillo was born on October 1, 1684 in Tordesillas, Valladolid, Spain.
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Alonso de Castillo was born on October 1, 1684 in Tordesillas, Valladolid, Spain.
Nothing is known of Catillo's youth, and he is next heard of at Madrid in 1619 as a man of literary tastes. While in the service of the marquis de Villar, he issued his first work, Donaires del Parnaso (1624 - 1625), two volumes of humorous poems; his Tardes entretenidas (1625) and Jornadas alegres (1626) proved that he was a novelist by vocation. Shortly afterwards he joined the household of the marquis de los Velez, viceroy of Valencia, and published in quick succession three clever picaresque novels: La Nina de los embustes, Teresa de Manzanares (1634), Las Aventuras del Bachiller Trapaza (1637), and a continuation entitled La Garduna ds Sevilla у Anzuelo de las bolsas (1642). To these shrewd cynical stories he owes his reputation. He followed the marquis de los Velez in his disastrous campaign in Catalonia, and accompanied him to Rome, where the defeated general was sent as ambassador. Castillo Solorzano's death occurred (probably at Palermo) before 1648, but the exact date is uncertain. His prolonged absence from Madrid prevented him from writing as copiously for the stage as he would otherwise have done; but he was popular as a playwright both at home and abroad. His Marques del Cigarral and El Mayorazgo figurdn are the sources respectively of Scarron's Don Jophet d'Armenie and L'Heritier ridicule.
Among Castillo's numerous remaining works may be mentioned Las Harpias en Madrid (1633), Fiestas del Jardin (1634), Los Alivios de Casandra (1640) and the posthumous Quinta de Laurel (1649). the observation of these books forms a singular contrast to the prim devotion of his Sagrario de Valencia (1635). His versatility and graceful style deserve the highest praise.
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(Estudio y edición filológica de ambas obras de Alonso del...)
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