by Mariano José de Larra · Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437622354
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«Artículos» is the selection of costumbrismo articles by Mariano José de Larra, published by Cátedra in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
A selection of ten costumbrismo articles in which Larra portrays with irony the vices of the Spain of his time: immobility, arrogance, sterile bureaucracy and self-complacency. Larra's direct style explains why Azorín considered him a figure ahead of his time.
Volume 15 of the Cátedra Base collection, edited by José Mas and Luis Floristán. The first edition was published in 2005.
For readers interested in nineteenth-century journalism, costumbrismo literature and social criticism in Spanish.
Mariano José de Larra y Sánchez de Castro was a Spanish romantic writer and journalist best known for his numerous essays and his infamous suicide. His works were often satirical and critical of the 19th-century Spanish society, and focused on both the politics and customs of his time.
