by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer · Altaya · tapa dura · ISBN 9788448703325
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«Leyendas» is the collection of romantic legends by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, published by Altaya in hardback (373 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together the legends that Bécquer published in the press: stories based on traditions from different regions of Spain, with the supernatural, mystery and terror as their core. Written in poetic prose, they are characterised by visual descriptions of landscapes, fantastic characters and a romantic atmosphere that sustains the intrigue.
This edition belongs to Altaya's «Clásicos de la literatura universal» collection, number 32, edited by Pasqual Izquierdo.
Suitable as school reading for primary and secondary education, and for readers interested in Romanticism, mystery and the Spanish short story.
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer, also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing. He is one of the most important figures in Spanish literature, with some considering him the most read Spanish writer after Miguel de Cervantes. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had done earlier. He was associated with the romanticism and post-romanticism movements and wrote while realism enjoyed success in Spain. He was moderately well-known during his life, but it was after his death that most of his works were published. His best-known works are the Rhymes and the Legends, usually published together as Rimas y leyendas. These poems and tales are essential to studying Spanish literature and common reading for high-school students in Spanish-speaking countries.
