IGNACIO LUZAN CLARAMUNT DE SUELVES Y GURREA (1702-1754)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish critic and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SARAGOSSA (Zaragoza)
• SARAGOSSA, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Caesarauguslana)

Saragossa on the 28th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1702 . His youth was passed under the care of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, and, after studying at See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, he graduated in See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at the university of See also:

• CATANIA (Gr. Katane, Rom. Catinal)

Catania . In 1723 he took See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor orders, but abandoned his intention of entering the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and took up his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, where he read assiduously . Business took him to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 1733, and he became known in See also:

• MADRID

Madrid as a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar with a tendency towards innovations in literature . La Poetica, 6 Reglas de la poesia en See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general y de See also:

• SUS

sus principales especies (1737) proved that this impression was correct . He at once took See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the See also:

• LITERARY

literary reformers, and his courteous determination earned him the respect of his opponents . In 1747 he was appointed secretary to the Spanish See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and, on returning to Madrid in 1750, was elected to the Academia Poetica del Buen Gusto," where, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his travels, he was known by the See also:

• SOBRIQUET

sobriquet of El Peregrino . He became See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint and treasurer of the royal library . He died at Madrid, after a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short illness, on the '9th of May 1754 . Luzon was not the See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer of Franco-See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian theories in Spain, but he was their most powerful exponent, and his Poetica is an admirable example of destructive See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism . The defects of Lope de See also:

• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA
• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1503-1536)

Vega and Calder6n are indicated with vigilant severity, but on the constructive See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side Luzan is notably weak, for he merely proposes to substitute one exhausted See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention for another . The See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of the dramatic unities had not the saving virtues which he ascribed to it, and, though he succeeded in banishing the older dramatists from the boards, he and his school failed to produce a single piece of more than mediocre merit .

His theories, derived chiefly from See also:

• MURATORI

Muratori, were ineffective in practice; but their ingenuity cannot be denied, and they acted as a stimulus to the partisans of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national tradition . LUZ-See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

SAINT-SAUVEUR, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Hautes-See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees, 21 m . S. of See also:

• LOURDES

Lourdes by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) 1069 . Luz is beautifully situated at a height of 2240 ft. on the Bastan . It has a remarkable church, built by the See also:

• TEMPLARS

Templars in the 12th and 13th centuries and fortified later . The crenelated ramparts with which it is surrounded, and the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse resembling a keep, give it the aspect of a fortress; other interesting features are the Romanesque north See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door and a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The See also:

• VILLAGE

village of St Sauveur lies a little above Luz on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• GORGE

gorge of the Gave de See also:

• PAU

Pau, which is crossed higher up by the imposing See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon (186o) . It is a pleasant summer resort, and is visited for its warm sulphurous springs . Discovered in the 16th century, the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters came into See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue after 1820, in which See also:

• YEAR

year they were visited by the duchesses of See also:

• ANGOULEME
• ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

Angouleme and See also:

• BERRY, CHARLES ALBERT (1852-1899)
• BERRY, CHARLES FERDINAND
• BERRY, JOHN, DUKE OF (1340-1416)
• BERRY, or BERRI

Berry . There is much picturesque See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain scenery in the vicinity; 12 M. to the south is the village of Gavarnie, above which is the magnificent See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre or See also:

• CIRQUE (Lat. circus, ring)

cirque of Gavarnie, with its cascade, one of the highest in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe .