Harlan: Moreto’s “El desden” 
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ary idea, that the woman in question is difficult of winning and 
scorns men, which contains any suggestion for El desden con 
el desden. Juana and Diana have one important point in com- 
mon; Sabanon and Poiilla both understand the way to bring 
the scornful loved ones to terms, with the difference that 
Poiilla uses more psychology and of a subtler variety than 
Sabanon, and the other characters have only most incidental 
qualities in common. 
