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The Roman conquest and occupation of the Iberian Peninsula beginning in the 3rd century BC brought a Latin culture to Spanish territories. The Muslim conquest in 711 CE brought the cultures of West Asia and the North Africa to the peninsula, creating Andalusi literary traditions. [1]
Consisting of a series of essays and short fiction pieces, it was referred to as his "Spanish Sketch Book". [2] Shortly after the book's publication, Irving returned to New York after a 17-year absence from the United States. [7] In 1851, Irving wrote an "Author's Revised Edition", titled The Alhambra. [8]
La gitanilla ("The Little Gypsy Girl") is the first novella contained in Miguel de Cervantes' collection of short stories, the Novelas ejemplares (The Exemplary Novels).. La gitanilla is the story of a 15 year old gypsy girl named Preciosa, who is said to be talented, extremely beautiful, and wise beyond her years.
The book opens with a prologue which introduces the characters of the Count and Patronio. The titles in the following list are those given in Keller and Keating's 1977 translation into English. [4] James York's 1868 translation into English gives a significantly different ordering of the stories and omits the fifty-first. [5]
Spanish-language literature or Hispanic literature is the sum of the literary works written in the Spanish language across the Hispanic world. The principal elements are the Spanish literature of Spain, and Latin American literature .
Coat of arms of the old Castilian noble family de Zayas.. María de Zayas y Sotomayor (before 12 September 1590 – 1661 [1]) wrote during Spain's Golden Age of literature. She is considered by a number of modern critics as one of the pioneers of literary feminism, while others consider her simply a well-accomplished baroque author.
A romancero is a collection of Spanish romances, a type of folk ballad (sung narrative). The romancero is the entire corpus of such ballads. As a distinct body of literature they borrow themes such as war, honour, aristocracy and heroism from epic poetry, especially the medieval cantar de gesta and chivalric romance, and they often have a pretense of historicity.
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