Poesias sueltas y otros poemas, de Leandro Fernandez de Moratin: Introduccion, edicion critica y anotada. (Spanish text);

Leandro Fernandez de Moratin is a well known eighteenth-century Spanish dramatist. Plays such as El si de las ninas or La comedia nueva are without parallel in the history of Spanish theater. Nevertheless, his non-dramatic poetry is almost unknown despite its high quality. This dissertation has two primary objectives: to establish a critical edition of all the known non-dramatic poetic texts, and to carry out the most exhaustive study to date of this poetry, its characteristics, and its artistic value. With regard to the first aim, I have taken into account all of the known existing manuscripts, as well as the principal printed collections of his works and separate editions of individual poems. By means of textual comparisons I have been able to establish definitive versions of the poems, and I have collected all the variants, which will facilitate the further study of the stylistic evolution of Moratin\u27s lyrical verse. As for the second goal, I have studied the author\u27s poetic ideas, basing this analysis on his own writings; the formation of the corpus of his work as a whole, the diverse genres of which it is comprised, and its reception by contemporary and later writers. I have also considered the classical and neoclassical traits of his poetry and, finally, the structure of the poems, the lexical elements, and versification. The edition is copiously annotated in order to clarify problems, whether they be of historical, cultural, literary, or linguistic nature. In addition, an extensive bibliography and index of first verses accompany this edition