Legacy
Silva’s style was subsequently mocked by Miguel de Cervantes, who made Feliciano de Silva Don Quixote's favorite author:
Y de todos ellos ninguno le parecían tan bien como los que compuso el famoso Feliciano de Silva, porque la claridad de su prosa y aquellas intrincadas razones suyas le parecían de perlas. ("But of all there were none he liked so well as those of the famous Feliciano de Silva's composition, for their lucidity of style and complicated conceits were as pearls in his sight") (Don Quixote, Chapter 1).
The majority of Don Quixote commentators and scholars have sided with Cervantes in mocking Silva’s works, though many of them had neglected to read them. Though he is hardly remembered today, de Silva enjoyed considerable success during the sixteenth century. His works are currently being re-evaluated and examined for their contribution to Spanish literature in the Siglo de Oro.
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