Aubrey F. G. Bell (essay date 1921)
SOURCE: Bell, Aubrey F. G. “Gil Vicente (c. 1465-1536?).” In Gil Vicente, pp. 3-64. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921.
[In the following excerpt, Bell offers an overview of Vicente's career as a dramatist.]
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Goldsmith, musician, actor, dramatist, lyric poet, Gil Vicente is one of the most interesting figures of the sixteenth century. Although the first half of his life was spent in the fifteenth century, we know nothing of him till seven years after the accession (1495) of King Manuel...
Source: Literary Criticism (1400-1800), ©2004 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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