José Fernández-Montesinos LustauHis name usually appears in bibliographies as F. Montesinos, José. (

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, 5 December 1897–

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, 8 June 1972) was a Spanish historian and

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belonging to the so-called ''

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'', a generation he himself referred to as "this ill-fated, mistreated and dispersed generation of mine"."La malhadada, maltrecha y dispersa generación mía".

Early career

Montesinos graduated in Philosophy and Literature from Granada University in 1916. From 1917 to 1920, he worked at the

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, as an assistant to

Américo Castro Américo Castro y Quesada (May 4, 1885 – July 25, 1972) was a Spanish cultural historian, philologist, and literary critic who challenged some of the prevailing notions of Spanish identity, raising controversy with his conclusions that Spaniard ...

, Abad Nebot, Francisco
"José Fernández-Montesinos Lustau". ''Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (DB~e)''.

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. Retrieved 3 February 2023. professor of the History of the Spanish Language and whose influence led Montesinos to study the works of

Lope de Vega Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio ( , ; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Age of Baroque literature. His reputation in the world of Spanish literature ...

, which he did from 1920 onwards, culminating in the publication of ''Estudios sobre Lope de Vega'',Abad, Francisco (1997)
"Trayectoria crítica de José Fernández Montesinos". ''Signa. Revista de la Asociación Española de Semiótica'' - Núm. 6.
'' Centro Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes''. Retrieved 3 February 2023. first published in Mexico, in 1951. Rafael Lapesa (1998), referring to Montesino's war years, remarked, "The

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brought on tragedies to his family: while in Madrid he received news from Granada that both his brother, the mayor of the city, and his relative

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had been executed."

Works

Montesino's biographical work can be divided into two separate periods: from 1920 to 1936, clearly related to the interests of Américo and the Centro de Estudios Históricos, that is, Lope,

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Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

, and

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. However, in general, he took an interest all Spanish literature from Garcilaso to his cohorts of the Generation of 27. During the second period, from 1940-1946 onwards, while he continued studying the 16 and 17th century authors, he paid especial attention to the Spanish novels of the 19th century, including those of

Benito Pérez Galdós Benito Pérez Galdós (May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920) was a Spanish Spanish Realist literature, realist novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes ...

Publications

* ''Estudios sobre Lope'', México, El Colegio de México, 1951 (definitive version published by Anaya, Salamanca, 1967) * ''Primavera y flor de los mejores romances recogidos por el licdo. Arias Pérez (Madrid, 1621)'', Valencia, Castalia, 1954 * ''Introducción a una historia de la novela en España en el siglo XIX'', Valencia, Castalia, 1955 * ''Costumbrismo y novela'', Valencia, Castalia, 1960 * ''Fernán Caballero'', México, El Colegio de México, 1961 * ''Pereda o la novela idilio'', Valencia, Castalia, 1969 * ''Valera o la ficción libre'', Valencia, Castalia, 1970 * "Ensayos y estudios de literatura española", IN: Silverman, J. H., Madrid, ''Revista de Occidente'', 1970 (col. Selecta de Revista de Occidente, vol. 36) * Pérez Galdós, B. ''Lo prohibido'' (ed.), Madrid, Castalia, 1971 * ''Pedro Antonio de Alarcón'', Madrid, Castalia, 1977 (2nd ed.) * ''Galdós'', Madrid, Castalia, 1980 (2nd ed.), 3 vols.

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