Spanish Literature - Romanticism and Realism Newspapers help to spread the knowledge of other European countries around Spain. In prose, essays and didactic texts are the most popular types of works, especially among literates. This is why this period doesn't have a strong poetry group. The Enlightenment wants a break with the old concept of authority, and thinks reason is more important than feeling or emotions. The Enlightenment period in Spanish literature can be divided in three different periods: the post-Baroque period, the Neo-Classical period and the pre-Romanticism period. Spanish Literature - Enlightenment period Other important authors in this period are the poet Quevedo and the play writer Lope de Vega. His masterpiece, the adventures of the mad knight "Don Quixote", is considered the most important book of the Spanish literature and one of the most important in the Universal literature. Miguel de Cervantes is, without doubt, the ultimate Baroque author. The Spanish Baroque coincides with the Golden Age of Spanish literature, called that way because of the great number of excellent literary productions that appeared in the period. Pastoral or didactic novels were also quite popular, and the picaresque genre became popular with "Lazarillo de Tormes" Spanish Literature - Baroque period During this period there's a big production of religious works with authors such as Fray Luis de Leon or San JUan de la Cruz. The end of the Middle Ages (sometimes known as pre-Renaissance period) is a very prolific time for Spanish literature, with the development of works like "Coplas a la muerte de mi padre" (Jorge Manrique) and "La Celestina" (Fernando de Rojas).ĭuring the Renaissance the influence of Italy in Spain was very strong, and thus the religious influence. However, the first written testimonies of Spanish literature begin in the 13th century with the Middle-Ages literature, which cultivated all the genres in prose, poetry and theatre. Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It, Larrie D.The history of Spanish literature starts with "El Cantar del Mio Cid" (12th century), an epic narrative that was transmitted orally through the story tellers. citizenship.īernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution was awarded the 2019 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award. Gálvez led the successful two month-long Siege of Pensacola and, in 2014, was one of only eight people to ever be conferred honorary U.S. Spanish involvement was spearheaded by Bernardo de Gálvez, the supreme commander of the Spanish forces in North America, even though Spain and the United States were not formal allies at the time of the American Revolution.
Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution provides the reader with documentation on the often overlooked role that the Spaniards played in the American Revolution and how this role was significant in defeating the British. Quintero Saravia, who is both a Spanish diplomat and a historian.
This book is the result of an extensive eight-year study of Mexican, North American, French, and mostly Spanish archives by Dr. She puts a particular focus on Ponce de León’s initial landing in Florida in 1513, Spanish control of the vast Louisiana territory in 1762, the Mexican-American War in 1846, and finishes with the situation in Puerto Rico following Hurricane María and the ongoing border conflict with Mexico.
El Norte offers a chronology of the dramatic history of Hispanic North America from the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century to the present. These problems are: language, belonging, community, race, and nationality. In her narrative, the author shows the main cultural issues that have been there since the beginning, but which are still unresolved today. In her book El Norte (The North), Carrie Gibson aims to demonstrate the deep-seeded Spanish roots in the modern-day United States, preceding the British presence and influence in the country. When speaking about the origins of the United States, Great Britain generally dominates the conversation, given the two countries’ shared history and language.