by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer · Espasa Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467003697
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«Leyendas» is a collection of romantic legends by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, published by Espasa Calpe in paperback (358 pages, in Spanish).
Stories of Spanish Romanticism populated by ghosts, impossible loves and evocative landscapes; the supernatural and the legendary sustain a prose that culminates the fantastic tale of Romanticism.
The 2003 edition belongs to the Austral Selección collection; the copy measures 11 x 17.5 cm.
A work for readers of classic fiction and students of Spanish Romantic literature.
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.
