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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870)

Author of Rimas y Leyendas

188+ Works 2,506 Members 67 Reviews 5 Favorited

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Gustavo A. Becquer was the archetypal romantic poet, devoting his life to poetry. The Rhymes, published during his lifetime in newspapers and collected by friends in a volume a year after his death, is characterized by subjectivity, musicality, and the traditional romantic themes of love, death, show more the idealized past, and evocative landscapes. Becquer uses the metaphor of yearning for an unattainable woman, first an imaginary muse and then a real woman who rejects him to describe the spiritual quest of the poet for ineffable beauty and inspiration. Becquer's poetry has been called plastic and painterly for its emphasis on color, light, and architecture. Influences on The Rhymes are said to be primarily those of Heine, Byron, Goethe, Schiller, Musset, and Lamartine. An atmosphere of magic and fantasy pervades the romantic Legends (1860-64), which are set in distant places, such as India, and remote times, primarily the Middle Ages. Damaso Alonso called Becquer's work the beginning of contemporary poetry. Becquer died at age 34 of tuberculosis and the effects of his bohemian life of poverty. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Rimas y Leyendas (1863) 919 copies, 21 reviews
Leyendas (1865) 417 copies, 12 reviews
Rimas (1901) 344 copies, 11 reviews
Leyendas y narraciones (1982) 71 copies, 3 reviews
Obras completas (1973) 55 copies, 1 review
Rimas y declaraciones poéticas (1977) 51 copies, 3 reviews
Cartas desde mi celda (1901) 50 copies, 4 reviews
Rimas y otros poemas (1979) 45 copies
Antología (1983) 41 copies
La croce del diavolo (1868) 25 copies
Los Ojos Verdes (1995) 17 copies
Relatos de hombres lobos y otra (1997) — Contributor — 8 copies
Obras completas (2005) 6 copies
Narraciones (2007) 5 copies
Libro de los gorriones (1977) 4 copies
Obras tomo primero (2005) 3 copies
Unida a la muerte (1999) 3 copies
La venta de los gatos (2010) 3 copies, 1 review
Obras (1979) 3 copies
La Mujer De Piedra (1997) 3 copies
Páginas desconocidas (2004) 2 copies
El miserere (2011) 2 copies
Rimas, leyendas y cartas (1981) 2 copies
O Gnomo 2 copies
Nueve leyendas (2004) 2 copies
Poemas esenciales (2022) 2 copies
Leyendas y narraciones (2014) 2 copies
s raro! ; y otros relatos (2002) 2 copies
Poesia Romantica (2000) 2 copies
Obras escogidas 2 copies
Kun Sopira Koro 2 copies
Espaą 2 copies
Cuentos de música (2004) 1 copy
¿DÓNDE ESTA DIOS? 1 copy, 1 review
Rimalar (2020) 1 copy
Leyendas (2011) 1 copy
Antología (1986) 1 copy
TRES CUENTOS 1 copy
Rimasy Leyendas 1 copy, 1 review
G. A. BECQUER (2005) 1 copy
Tres fechas 1 copy
Cartas desde mi celda (2016) 1 copy
Rimas escogidas (2015) 1 copy
Un Boceto natural (2011) 1 copy
Legends and Letters (1995) 1 copy
Hora duchů (1999) 1 copy
OBRAS ESCOGIDAS II 1 copy, 1 review
Stihovi (2013) 1 copy
Tres fechas (2009) 1 copy
La venta de los gatos (2004) 1 copy, 1 review
La creación poema indio 1 copy, 1 review
Desde mi celda (2008) 1 copy, 1 review
Rimas y leyendas de Bécquer (1994) 1 copy, 1 review
TEMPLOS DE TOLEDO (2008) 1 copy
Sloky (1998) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Dedalus Book of Spanish Fantasy (1999) — Contributor, some editions — 49 copies
Great Spanish Stories (1956) — Contributor — 45 copies, 2 reviews
Tales from a Gas-Lit Graveyard (1980) — Contributor — 42 copies, 2 reviews
Meesters der Spaanse vertelkunst (1952) — Author — 7 copies
Relatos cortos de fantasmas (1997) — Contributor — 7 copies
Der Rabe - (1982) 1 copy

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Las Leyendas son un conjunto de narraciones de carácter posromántico escritas por Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer1​ y publicadas entre 1858 y 1865. Estas narraciones tienen un carácter íntimo que evoca el pasado histórico y se caracterizan por una acción verosímil con una introducción de elementos fantásticos o insólitos. Fueron publicadas en periódicos madrileños de la época como El Contemporáneo o La América.
 
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AmicanaLibrary | 11 other reviews | Feb 1, 2024 |
Amo este libro con mi vida y puedo recitar la mitad de las rimas de memoria.
 
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