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In chronological succession the Viaje should have come at least before the Justina, who was given her place because she is a direct successor to Guzman. 92
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The author might have had a fine opportunity to write a scathing satire on the “busconas”, who surely must have existed in his days as they did a few years later, at the time when Navarrete complained of their great number (Conservacion de Monarquías, Madrid, 1626, p. 24). By taking Guzman as a model, a very instructive and curious novel might have been produced; in stead of this, though clearly wishing to continue Guzman (see prólogo, Riv. 33, p. 47) the Justina went off into witticims of the most labored kind.
Schack and Barrera draw much information concerning the stage about 1600 from Rojas; Barrera also succeeds in reconstructing the chronology of Rojas’ life from this book so that it tallies with other data. For contents and bibliography, to which I am not able to add more facts, see Barrera, sub Rojas Villandrando.
Barrera makes extracts from this work, which is very rare; I have not succeeded in seeing it.
For instance, in the Donado hablador. Part II, of 1626 (Riv., 18, p. 564, a.). Also in Quirós’ Don Fruela, of 1656 (see Barrera). Since then, the expression seems to have disappeared. By the name El caballero del milagro we have several plays (see Barrera, Index), to which should be added that by Eguilaz, dealing with the history of Rojas himself (in Ochoa’s edition of Eguilaz’ works, Paris, Baudry, 1846).
Aleman, Guzman I, Libro II, cap. VII (Riv., 3, p. 230, b): Entonces éramos pocos, y andábamos de vagar; ahora son muchos, y todos tienen en que ocuparse, y no hay estado mas dilatado que el de los picaros, porque todos dan en serlo y se precian dello.
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De Haan, F. (1903). El Viaje Entretenido, of Agustin de Rojas. In: An Outline of the History of the Novela Picaresca in Spain. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6318-9_5
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