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Copyright Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2014

Abstract

In volume 12 of Cuadernos Dieciochistas Professor Pedro Álvarez de Miranda revealed the existence of an issue of the Continuación del Semanario de Salamanca, dated 19 April 1800, which included a Letter in defence of the translation by Leandro Fernández de Moratín of Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. The Letter, signed by a mysterious P. Ozerín-Jáuregui y Z., attacks the Examen of Moratín's volume published by the Mallorcan man of letters Cristóbal Cladera and sets out a series of objections which in effect defend the quality of the translation and the historical information accompanying it. The present article attempts to place the newly-discovered critical text in its literary and historical contexts, analyzing its arguments and approach, and evaluating its contribution to the on-going debate over the quality of Moratín's Hamlet. The article includes, by way of appendix, an annotated transcription of the complete Letter as published in the Continuación del Semanario de Salamanca.

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Title
LA DEFENSA DEL HAMLET DE MORATÍN EN LA CONTINUACIÓN DEL SEMANARIO DE SALAMANCA/The Defence of Moratín's Hamlet in the Continuación del Semanario de Salamanca
Author
Deacon, Philip
Pages
321-334
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
ISSN
15767914
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1689882110
Copyright
Copyright Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2014