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DURAN, AGUSTIN (1789-1862)

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 692 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DRO-ECG
DURAN, AGUSTIN (1789-1862) , Spanish scholar, was born in 1789 at Madrid, where his father was
court
  physician. He was sent to the
seminary
  at Vergara, whence he returned learned in the traditions of Spanish romance. In 1817 he began the study of philosophy and law at the university of
Seville
 , and in due course was admitted to the bar at Valladolid. From 1821 to 1823 he held a post in the education department at Madrid, but in the latter year he was suspended on account of his political opinions. In 1834 he became secretary of the board for the censorship of the
press
 , and shortly afterwards obtained a post in the national library at Madrid. The revolution of 184o led to his dismissal; but he was reinstated in 1843, and in 1854 was appointed
chief
  librarian. Next year, however, he retired to devote himself to his literary
work
 . In 1828, shortly after his first discharge from office, he published anonymously his Discurso sobre el injlujo que ha tenido la critica moderna en la decadencia del teatro antiguo; this treatise greatly influenced the younger dramatists of the day. He next endeavoured to
interest
  his fellow-countrymen in their ancient, neglected
ballads
 , and in the forgotten dramas of the 17th century. Five volumes of a Romancero general appeared from 1828 to 1832 (republished, with considerable additions, in 2 vols. 1849-1851), and Talia espanola (1834), a reprint of old Spanish comedies.
Duran
 's Romancero general is the fullest collection of the kind and is therefore unlikely to be superseded, though the texts are inferior to those edited by Menendez y Pelayo.


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