Reproduction of the original: Romantic Legends of Spain by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
The "Rimas" of Gustavo A. Becquer
Rimas
Spain's great 19th-century lyric poet is best known for these two works: Rhymes, a suite of 66 melancholy poems, and the 6 tales of Legends, romantic portrayals of everyday events.
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Bécquer tells this story in the first person, but the narrator is not necessarily the author. The narrator visited the abbey of Fitero in northern Spain and perused some old manuscripts. Though he did not understand musical notation, ...
A Concordance to the Poetry of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer: Compiled, and with an Introd
The fourteen legends, translated from Spanish to English in this volume, show Bécquer at the peak of his ability to render environments in which the human spirit expands its emotional desires in ways that can be as uplifting as they are ...