Legends and Romances of Spain (Illustrated) Legends and Romances of Spain (Illustrated)

Legends and Romances of Spain (Illustrated‪)‬

    • $0.99
    • $0.99

Publisher Description

Since the days of Southey the romantic literature of Spain has not received from English writers and critics the amount of study and attention it undoubtedly deserves. In no European country did the seeds of Romance take root so readily or blossom so speedily and luxuriantly as in Spain, which perhaps left the imprint of its national character more deeply upon the literature of chivalry than did France or England. When we think of chivalry, do we not think first of Spain, of her age-long struggle against the pagan invaders of Europe, her sensitiveness to all that concerned personal and national honour, of the names of the Cid Campeador, Gayferos, and Gonzalvo de Cordova, gigantic shadows in harness, a pantheon of heroes, which the martial legends of few lands can equal and none surpass. The epic of our British Arthur, the French chansons de gestes, are indebted almost as much to folklore as to the imagination of the singers who first gave them literary shape. But in the romances of Spain we find that folklore plays an inconsiderable part, and that her chivalric fictions are either the offspring of historic happenings or of that brilliant and glowing imagination which illumines the whole expanse of Peninsular literature...

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2015
February 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
451
Pages
PUBLISHER
Didactic Press
SELLER
Joshua D. Cureton
SIZE
1.5
MB
The Alhambra The Alhambra
2021
Tales of The Alhambra Tales of The Alhambra
2018
Tales of The Alhambra Tales of The Alhambra
2017
The Alhambra The Alhambra
2018
The Alhambra The Alhambra
2018
Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
2017
The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru
1955
ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition) ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition)
2020
The Myths of Mexico and Peru The Myths of Mexico and Peru
1913
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
2012
Native American Studies: History Books, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies (22 Book Collection) Native American Studies: History Books, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies (22 Book Collection)
2018
Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies
2018