This catalogue is a supplement to "Short-title Catalogue of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Books... more This catalogue is a supplement to "Short-title Catalogue of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Books in the British Library" (1994) compiled by Harold Whitehead. It covers more ephemeral material which was omitted from the British Library General Catalogue. It contains some 300 products of the popular press, hitherto unavailable to researchers. The term chapbook (in Spanish, "Libros de Cordel"), denotes cheaply-produced tracts for sale to ordinary people. Sold by hawkers, who would often sing or recite the contents for the benefit of prospective buyers, they represent a vivid repository of popular culture. Usually a single printed sheet, folded several times, these chapbooks were often adorned by woodcuts. Many are exceptionally rare. Each entry is fully catalogued, and there are indexes of printers and booksellers, places of printing and subjects and places referred to in the text. The illustrations have been chosen to represent the range of material in the British Library's collection.
The article attempts to demonstrate how, in eighteenth-century Europe, certain literary texts wit... more The article attempts to demonstrate how, in eighteenth-century Europe, certain literary texts with an erotic subject matter belong to the change in thinking and practices associated with the Enlightenment. The argument begins with an examination of how ideas relating to human sexuality contribute to a new vision of humanity grounded in Enlightenment thought. Links are made between theorizing elsewhere in Europe and the expression of concepts of sexuality at variance with official thinking in Spain but which can be observed in cases preserved in Inquisition files. Having established this intellectual and cultural framework, the collection of poems entitled Los besos de amor by Juan Meléndez Valdés is analysed in an attempt to demonstrate how the author’s exploration of human sexuality defies the restrictions placed on such writings by the Spanish Inquisition, with the result that Meléndez’s verses could not be published in his lifetime.El artículo pretende demostrar cómo ciertos text...
This catalogue is a supplement to "Short-title Catalogue of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Books... more This catalogue is a supplement to "Short-title Catalogue of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Books in the British Library" (1994) compiled by Harold Whitehead. It covers more ephemeral material which was omitted from the British Library General Catalogue. It contains some 300 products of the popular press, hitherto unavailable to researchers. The term chapbook (in Spanish, "Libros de Cordel"), denotes cheaply-produced tracts for sale to ordinary people. Sold by hawkers, who would often sing or recite the contents for the benefit of prospective buyers, they represent a vivid repository of popular culture. Usually a single printed sheet, folded several times, these chapbooks were often adorned by woodcuts. Many are exceptionally rare. Each entry is fully catalogued, and there are indexes of printers and booksellers, places of printing and subjects and places referred to in the text. The illustrations have been chosen to represent the range of material in the British Library's collection.
The article attempts to demonstrate how, in eighteenth-century Europe, certain literary texts wit... more The article attempts to demonstrate how, in eighteenth-century Europe, certain literary texts with an erotic subject matter belong to the change in thinking and practices associated with the Enlightenment. The argument begins with an examination of how ideas relating to human sexuality contribute to a new vision of humanity grounded in Enlightenment thought. Links are made between theorizing elsewhere in Europe and the expression of concepts of sexuality at variance with official thinking in Spain but which can be observed in cases preserved in Inquisition files. Having established this intellectual and cultural framework, the collection of poems entitled Los besos de amor by Juan Meléndez Valdés is analysed in an attempt to demonstrate how the author’s exploration of human sexuality defies the restrictions placed on such writings by the Spanish Inquisition, with the result that Meléndez’s verses could not be published in his lifetime.El artículo pretende demostrar cómo ciertos text...
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