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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, La Discreta Galatea. 1618 - CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de) LA DISCRETA GALATEA de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra . Dividida en seys libros. Em Lisboa: Por Antonio Alvarez, 1618. []⁴, A–Z⁸, Aa⁷; [8], 375 ff.; 140 mm. Printed in Lisbon, the edition of Cervantes' youthful work, originally published in Alcalá de Henares in 1585. It is a pastoral novel divided into six books, marked by gallant language, exchanges of identities and a succession of love affairs in the idealized setting of the mountains and riverbanks, in the style of the genre that was then triumphant in the Iberian world. Although Cervantes never continued it as he had promised, Galatea occupies an important place in the development of Spanish fictional prose and foreshadows the style and resources that the author would bring to its peak with Quixote . The Lisbon edition is rare and significant for the study of the diffusion of Cervantes in Portugal, being a testament to the early interest in his work in the national printing houses. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !