Resumen: En este artículo se analiza el tratado en latín De elogio, manuscrito atribuido al jesuita novohispano Nicolás de Peza (1712-1777). Como no ha recibido prácticamente atención, se aborda primero el problema de su autoría y después se examina su estructura, su contenido y las intenciones pedagógicas del autor. Como se verá, el tratado proporciona los parámetros no sólo técnicos sino también estéticos para entender y juzgar los numerosos ejemplos de agudezas en los elogia, tan exitosos en la Nueva España del siglo XVIII.
Abstract: This paper focuses on the Latin treatise De elogio, a manuscript allegedly written by Nicolás de Peza (1712-1777), a Jesuit from New Spain. Since it has not received practically any attention, I tackle its authorship, and then I analyze its structure, its content, the author’s pedagogical intentions. As I will show, the treatise provides us with both technical and aesthetic parameters to assess the many examples of acumen in those elogia, which had huge success in 18th Century New Spain.
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