AGUSTIN DURAN
\ˈaɡəstˌɪn djˈʊ͡əɹən], \ˈaɡəstˌɪn djˈʊəɹən], \ˈa_ɡ_ə_s_t_ˌɪ_n d_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə_n]\
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A distinguished Spanish critic (1789-1862), who had a decisive influence on recent Spanish literature. His first work, anonymous, "On the Decadence of the Spanish Theatre" (1828), led to the reform of the Spanish stage and its liberation from the French yoke. Of still greater service in arousing love for the native poesy was his "Collection of Romanceros and Balladists" (5 vols., 1828-32). As a poet he won greatest distinction by his poem of chivalry "The Three Citrons in the Garden of Love" (1856), written in 15th-century Castilian.
By Charles Dudley Warner
