ISLA Y ROJO, JOSÉ FRANCISCO de. - Jesuit, preacher and satirical writer, b. at Vidanes in 1703, d. on 2 November 1781 at Bologna, where he had moved following the expulsion of his Order from Spain. The fruit of his preaching, which he alternated with teaching, are the Sermones (6 vols., Madrid 1792-93), not free from that concettismo which I. was later to combat with the Historia del famoso predicador fray Gerundio de Campazas, alias Zares (ibid. 1758). A picaresque novel, but without the indecencies of the genre, and didactic in its discussions of sacred eloquence, which I. set out to reform with the weapon of ridicule, but without allusions to particular Orders and never failing in reverence for the religious life. The work stirred up such ferment that in 1760 the Inquisition forbade writing either for or against it. The second volume was published in 1768 without the author's knowledge and quite corrupt.
His Cartas familiares, published posthumously by his sister Maria Francisca de Ayala (Madrid 1785-86), are valuable. Other ascetical works are preserved unpublished in the archives of the Order. G. Baretti, who was his friend, called I. "the modern Cervantes."
Bibliography9 worksSommervogel, IV, coll. 655-86; the Fray Gerundio, the Cartas familiares and other writings were edited by P. F. Monlau, with a bio-bibliogra
BIBL.: Sommervogel, IV, coll. 655-86; the Fray Gerundio, the Cartas familiares and other writings were edited by P. F. Monlau, with a bio-bibliographical introduction, in vol. XV of the Biblioteca de autores españoles, Madrid 1830 (reprint 1918); only the Fray Gerundio in the Brockhaus ed., Leipzig 1885. Studies: Compundio historico de la vida, caracter moral y literario del célebre p. José Francisco de I., dolo a lue Doma Maria Francisca de Isla y Loada, Madrid 1803 (the work is due to p. J. J. Tolrà, but revised by the sister of p. I.); F. Brunetière, La question de Gil Blas, in Histoire et littérature, II, Paris 1891, pp. 235-60; B. Gaudreau, Les prichères burlesques en Espagne au XVIIIe siècle, ibid. 1891; V. Cian, L'immigrazione dei Gesuiti spagnoli letterati in Italia, Turin 1895, passim; A. Baumgartner, Der spanische Humorist p. José Francisco de I., in Stimmen aus Maria Loach, 68 (1905), pp. 82-92, 183-205, 240-315; I. Cosmo, G. Baretti e J. F. de I., in Giann. it. lett. ital., 45 (1905), pp. 193-314; S. Gigli, Contributio a la bibliografia del p. I., in Rev. filol. esp., 10 (1923), p. 63-82.
Eguia, Costanzo. “Isla Y Rojo, josé francisco de.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 300–301. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/isla-y-rojo-jose-francisco-de.
MLA
Eguia, Costanzo. “Isla Y Rojo, josé francisco de.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 300–301. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/isla-y-rojo-jose-francisco-de.
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author = {Eguia, Costanzo},
title = {Isla Y Rojo, josé francisco de},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {300--301},
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publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/isla-y-rojo-jose-francisco-de}
}
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