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ENCINA, JUAN DEL (1469–c.1533)

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ENCINA, JUAN DEL (1469–c.1533) , often called the founder of the See also:Spanish See also:drama, was See also:born in 1469 near See also:Salamanca probably at Encinas. On leaving the university of Salamanca he became a member of the See also:household of the second See also:duke of See also:Alva. In 1492 the poet entertained his See also:patron with a dramatic piece, the Triunfo de la lama, written to commemorate the fall of See also:Granada. In 1496 he published his Cancionero, a collection of dramatic and lyrical poems. Some years afterwards he visited See also:Rome, attracted the See also:attention of See also:Alexander VI. by his skill in See also:music, and was appointed choirmaster. About 1518 Encina took orders, and made a See also:pilgrimage to See also:Jerusalem, where he said his first See also:mass. Since 1509 he had held a See also:lay canonry at See also:Malaga; in 1519 he was appointed See also:prior of See also:Leon and is said to have died at Salamanca about 1533. His Cancionero is preceded by a See also:prose See also:treatise (Arte de trobar) on the See also:condition of the poetic See also:art in See also:Spain. His fourteen dramatic pieces See also:mark the transition from the purely ecclesiastical to the See also:secular See also:stage. The Aucto del Repel6n and the Egloga de Fileno dramatize the adventures of shepherds; the latter, like Pldcida y Vitoriano, is strongly influenced by the See also:Celestina. The See also:intrinsic See also:interest of Encina's plays is slight, but they are important from the See also:historical point of view, for the lay pieces See also:form a new departure, and the devout eclogues prepare the way for the autos of the 17th See also:century. Moreover, Encina's lyrical poems are remarkable for their intense sincerity and devout See also:grace.

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