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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Spanish Language and Literature |
 | | The renascence of the Spanish drama is now foreshadowed in some pieces of Gómez Manrique, whose nephew, Jorge Manrique (1440-78), gained enduring fame by his sweet and mournful "Coplas" on the death of his father, which Longfellow has skilfully rendered into English verse. |
| | An event of transcendent importance throughout the civilized world was the establishment at this time of the printing-press; it was set up in Spain in 1474. |
| | Two sequels were written, that of Gil Polo being of much merit: in general, however, the pastoral romance was a fashionable pastime and had no popular appeal. |
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