Francisco Rico

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Francisco Rico Manrique (2014)

Francisco Rico Manrique (born April 28, 1942 in Barcelona , Spain ) is a Spanish philologist , scholar of Spanish literature and language, and author .

Life

Rico is a student of José Manuel Blecua Teijeiro and Martín de Ríquer . He was visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , Maryland , United States from 1965 to 1966 . He is Professor of Medieval Spanish Literature at the Autonomous University of Barcelona .

Rico published a number of classics from the Middle Ages and Siglo de Oro Spain. He also wrote about medieval and renaissance literature and especially about humanismo . The nine-volume Historia y crítica de la literatura española with its nine additional volumes was published by him. In 2014 he was responsible for the publication of the Biblioteca Clásica series by the Crítica publishing house in Barcelona. The Circulo de Lectores des Centro para la Edición de los Clásicos Epañoles , initiated and directed by Rico, is responsible for this series .

particularities

Rico appears as a secondary character in some novels by the Spanish author Javier Marías , most recently in Así empieza lo malo ( This is how the bad begins ).

honors and awards

Publications

  • Alfonso el Sabio y la General Estoria . Ariel, Barcelona 1972.
  • Problemas del Lazarillo . Cátedra, Madrid 1987.
  • Breve bibliotece de autores españoles . Seix Barral, Barcelona 1990.
  • Text and context: Estudios sobre la poesia española del siglo XV . Crítica, Barcelona 1991.
  • El sueño del humanismo . Alianza, Madrid 1993.
  • Estudios de literatura y otras cosas . Destino, Barcelona 2002.
  • Los dicursos del gusto . Destino, Barcelona 2003.
  • El texto del Quixote . Destino, Barcelona 2006.
  • Tiempos del “Quixote” . Acantilado, Barcelona 2012.
Editorships
  • La novela picaresca española . Planeta, Barcelona 1966.
  • Francesco Petrarca : obras 1: Poesia . Alfaguara, Madrid 1978.
  • Historia y crítica de la literatura española . Crítica, Barcelona 1980 to 2000, 9 volumes and 9 additional volumes.
  • Mateo Alemán : Guzmán de Alfarache . Planeta, Barcelona 1983.
  • Lazarillo de Tormes . Cátedra, Madrid 1986.
  • Mil años de poesía española . Planeta Barcelona 1996.
  • Mil años de poesía europea . Planeta, Barcelona 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Enlightenments about an egocentric literary figure in FAZ from October 21, 2014, page 13
personal data
SURNAME Rico, Francisco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rico Manrique, Francisco (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish university professor, Hispanist, literary scholar and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona