History of Spanish literature (Volume II)

By George Ticknor

Book Overview

Spain reshaped Europe's imagination. Spain's voices come alive here. In Volume II of George Ticknor's landmark History of Spanish Literature, the great sweep of a culture is traced with clarity, sympathy, and a critic's steady eye. This literary history volume carries you deeper into a Spanish literature survey that connects medieval Iberian culture to early modern Spain, showing how forms and ideas travelled, changed, and endured. Ticknor brings scholarly literary criticism to the page without losing the pleasure of discovery: the rise and craft of the history of Spanish drama, the distinct energies of Spanish poetry and prose, and the wider currents that link Spain to European literary history. Read for perspective, for argument, for the sheer richness of a tradition too often reduced to a handful of famous names. First published in the nineteenth century, Ticknor's work helped shape modern Hispanic studies and remains a touchstone for comparative literature studies, valued for its breadth of learning and its sense of literature as living history. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. An ideal academic reference edition for Hispanic studies students, and a strong addition to any university library collection or classic-literature shelf.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353703204
• ISBN13: 9789353703202
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 610 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"