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DURAN, AGUSTIN (1789-1862)

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DURAN, AGUSTIN (1789-1862)

DURAN, AGUSTIN (1789-1862) , See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1789 at See also:

MADRID

Madrid, where his See also:

FATHER

father was See also:

court physician. He was sent to the See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary at Vergara, whence he returned learned in the traditions of Spanish See also:

ROMANCE

romance. In 1817 he began the study of See also:

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

law at the university of See also:

Seville, and in due course was admitted to the See also:

bar at See also:

VALLADOLID

Valladolid. From 1821 to 1823 he held a See also:

POST

post in the See also:

EDUCATION

education See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department at Madrid, but in the latter See also:

YEAR

year he was suspended on See also:

account of his See also:

POLITICAL

political opinions. In 1834 he became secretary of the See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board for the censorship of the See also:

PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, and shortly afterwards obtained a post in the See also:

NATIONAL

national library at Madrid. The revolution of 184o led to his dismissal; but he was reinstated in 1843, and in 1854 was appointed See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief librarian. Next year, however, he retired to devote himself to his See also:

LITERARY

literary See also:

WORK

work. In 1828, shortly after his first See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge from See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, he published anonymously his Discurso sobre el injlujo que ha tenido la critica moderna en la decadencia del teatro antiguo; this See also:

TREATISE

treatise greatly influenced the younger dramatists of the See also:

day. He next endeavoured to See also:

INTEREST

interest his See also:

FELLOW

fellow-countrymen in their See also:

ancient, neglected See also:

BALLADS

ballads, and in the forgotten dramas of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Five volumes of a Romancero See also:

general appeared from 1828 to 1832 (republished, with considerable additions, in 2 vols. 1849-1851), and Talia espanola (1834), a reprint of old Spanish comedies. Duran's Romancero general is the fullest collection of the See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind and is therefore unlikely to be superseded, though the texts are inferior to those edited by Menendez y Pelayo.

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