294. Descripción de la mentira. Antonio Gamoneda (1977, 2003).
I was more impressed with this when I first read it, because Libro del frío did not yet exist. Now it seems a little portentous. It is interesting that, even though Spanish is Romance language, some vocabulary seems more Latinate than others. In Góngora's day, mozo was used instead of joven. Now joven is perfectly colloquial, whereas mozo is antiquated. Gamoneda's expresses gravitas through his diction.
At the end of this edition is a critical essay by JJH, which takes the unusual form of a glossary, in alphabetical order by word.
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