by Francisco Delicado · Libros Y Publicaciones Periódicas 1984, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475910000
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«La lozana andaluza» is the 16th-century picaresque novel by Francisco Delicado, published by Ediciones 1984 in hardcover (287 pages, in Spanish).
It narrates the adventures of an Andalusian courtesan who settles in Rome in the first quarter of the 16th century. Written as a dialogue, it combines a picaresque and erotic tone with a vivid portrait of popular milieus, and stands out for capturing the Italo-Spanish jargon spoken in the city.
Work originally published in 1528 as «Retrato de la Loçana andaluza». This edition, prepared by Bruno Damiani, belongs to the La sonrisa vertical collection (Library of eroticism).
For readers of classic Spanish and Renaissance literature; the edition indicates a recommended reading age of 12 and up.
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.
