by Francisco Delicado · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437605050
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La Lozana Andaluza is a dialogued novel written by Francisco Delicado and published in 1528. Set in Rome, the work narrates the adventures and misadventures of Lozana, an Andalusian woman who navigates the Roman society of the Renaissance. Through witty dialogues and detailed descriptions, Delicado offers a vivid portrait of daily life, customs, and characters of the time. This edition of Cátedra, edited by Claude Allaigre, includes notes and studies that enrich the understanding of this classic work of Spanish literature.
Francisco Delicado was a Spanish writer and editor of the Renaissance. Little is known about his life. He was born in Cordoba, Spain and, for uncertain reasons, he moved to Rome, where he Italianized his surname to Delicado. After the sack of Rome, he went to Venice where he wrote his novel Portrait of Lozana: The Lusty Andalusian Woman, that continues on the lines of the novel in dialogue exemplified by Celestina. The book is a social and historical portrait of Rome and its dark side in the first years of the 16th century, and one of the first works of the picaresque novel. He was also a disciple of Antonio de Nebrija and editor of books such as Amadis de Gaula (1533), Celestina (1531–1534), Primaleon (1534) and some medical treatises like El modo de adoperare el legno de India and De consolatione infirmorum.
