El «Poeta de los pícaros», figurilla quevedesca con trastienda teatral

The present article presents arguments for the identification of the «Poet of the rogues» who can be seen in the Discurso de todos los diablos along with Luis Quinones de Bevanente, in an attempt to connect some of the textual references to the dances and interludes that belong to the so called «festive language». It also offers some data about the contempt that Quinones suffered from authors like Lope de Vega or Quedevo, to conclude that the «Poeta» bears no relation to Quevedo’s literary disdain but represents the vulgarisation and coarsening of the popular taste of the time.