José Joaquín Benegasi y Luján (1707-1770): perfil vital

Abstract

In the reconstruction of the authorial profile of José Joaquín Benegasi y Luján (1707-1770), the work of archiving, together with other tools of historiography, is very important. The biographical information of the literary texts of the author can be corroborated or refuted by the historical documentation, whose character, in principle, is more objective. Thus, the compilation of the biographical testimonies with which other authors tried to illuminate the socio-vital profile of Benegasi, together with the discovery and examination of historical documents of certain relevance (birth certificate, living will, license of works of one of its properties...), makes possible the reconstruction of a true biographical profile that illuminates both the author’s own poetic production and the context in which it is inserted.

Keywords

• authorial profile
• eighteenth-century
• madrid
• testamentary writings
• biographies
• benegasi y luján family