Rhymes and Legends (Selection) / Rimas Y Leyendas (Seleccion) by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

Rhymes and Legends (Selection) / Rimas Y Leyendas (Seleccion) by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

Spain's great lyric poet, Gustavo Adolfo B cquer (1836-1870), is famed both for his poetry and his fiction. B cquer's celebrated Rhymes consists of sixty-six of the most splendid poems written in Spain in the nineteenth century. As the Alvarez Quintero brothers said, All his poetry is moonlight. And the six tales from B cquer's Legends, shimmering between romance and fantasy, show why his prose is recognized as among the best from the Spanish Romantic tradition.
Editor Stanley Appelbaum provides sensitive, accurate English translations on the pages facing the original Spanish, as well as an informative introduction to the author's life and work. This volume is a treasure for students and teachers of Spanish language and literature and for lovers of poetry and storytelling.

Gustavo Adolfo Bü¾Ž–”¼cquer, cuyo verdadero nombre era Gustavo Adolfo Domü¾™†”¼nguez Bastida, se trasladü¾Œ¶˜¼ de Sevilla, donde naciü¾Œ¶˜¼ en 1836, a Madrid para dedicarse a la literatura. Padeciü¾Œ¶˜¼ tuberculosis y viviü¾Œ¶˜¼ en la penuria econü¾Œ¶˜¼mica hasta que le nombraron censor de novelas y director literario de La ilustraciü¾Œ¶˜¼n de Madrid. Entre sus obras en prosa destacan textos como Cartas desde mi celda y Cartas literarias a una mujer, escritas en el monasterio de Veruela. Sin embargo, la cü¾˜–˜¼spide de su producciü¾Œ¶˜¼n se da con sus Rimas y sus Leyendas, de las que se desprende el lü¾˜–˜¼gubre y sublime espü¾™†”¼ritu posromü¾Œ–”¼ntico. Muriü¾Œ¶˜¼ en Madrid, en 1870, dejando tras de sü¾™†”¼ una estela literaria cuya influencia no tiene parangü¾Œ¶˜¼n en la historia de la literatura en lengua castellana.

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ISBN 13	9780486447889
ISBN 10	048644788X
Title	Rhymes and Legends (Selection) / Rimas Y Leyendas (Seleccion)
Author	Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
Series	Dover Dual Language Spanish
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	2006-08-25
Number of pages	204
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