by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497406871
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«Leyendas» is the collection of tales by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, published by Castalia Ediciones in paperback (168 pages, in Spanish).
Bécquer's legends reconstruct popular tradition through poetic prose charged with emotion, mystery and beauty. Gothic cathedrals, ruined castles, knights, pages and clerics populate brief narratives where amorous encounters mingle with apparitions from beyond the grave, in an atmosphere of lyrical wonder similar to that of fairy tales.
The volume belongs to the Castalia Prima collection, number 17. The edition is the first, published on 7 October 2014.
Suitable for readers who wish to approach a classic of Spanish Romantic literature, whether for study or personal enjoyment.
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.
