A History of the Romantic Movement in Spain: Volume 2

Originally published in 1940, this book examines the Romantic Movement in Spain from its decline and dwindling popularity after 1837.

E. Allison Peers (Author)

9781107646605, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 February 2014

484 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.67 kg

Originally published in 1940 as the second part of a two-volume study, this book examines the Romantic Movement in Spain from its decline and dwindling popularity after 1837, and the rise of eclecticism, to its final expressions around 1860. Peers looks at key texts in the history of the Romantic style, as well as the real meaning of Romanticism in Spain at this time. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Spanish literature or the Romantic Period.

Principal abbreviations
4. The failure of the Romantic movement
5. The rise and triumph of eclecticism
6. The continuance of Romanticism, 1837–60
7. The nature of Spanish Romanticism
8. Romanticism after 1860
Appendix I. The origins of the Spanish Romantic movement
Appendix II. The Romanticism of the Golden Age
Appendix III. Late eighteenth-century plays on mediaeval themes
Appendix IV. The brothers Schlegel on the Golden Age
Appendix V. The Spanish Romantic revival in Germany
Appendix VI. The Spanish Romantic revival in France
Appendix VII. The Spanish Romantic revival in England
Appendix VIII. The Parnasillo and the Romantic movement
Appendix IX. The 'triumph' of the Romantic movement
Appendix X. Verse satires on the Romantic movement
Appendix XI. The 'Harmonic school' of Fontcuberta
Appendix XII. The diminished vogue of Golden Age drama after 1840
Appendix XIII. Some historical plays of the years 1846–8
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]