by Francisco Delicado · Espasa Calpe · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439596523
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La Lozana Andaluza is a picaresque novel by the Spanish writer Francisco Delicado, published in 1528. The work narrates the adventures and misadventures of Lozana, a young Andalusian woman who dedicates herself to prostitution in Rome during the Renaissance. Through her story, Delicado offers a critical and satirical vision of the society of the time, exploring themes such as corruption, hypocrisy and marginality. The novel stands out for its colloquial language and realistic style, which make it a fundamental work of Spanish literature of the 16th century.
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.
