Table of Contents

Prefaces; 1. The Roman and Visgothic periods; 2. The Arab period; 3. The early Middle Ages; The archpriest of Hita; 5. The late Middle Ages; 6. The period of the Catholic kings; 7. The Siglo de Oro. Charles V and Phillip II; 8. Cervantes; 9. Lope de Vega and the new comedy; 10. Góngora and the new poetry; 11. Quevedo and Gracián; 12. Calderon and the late drama; 13. The eighteenth century; 14. Nineteenth-century poetry and poetic drama; 15. Nineteenth-century prose; 16. The twentieth century; 17. Postscript; Appendix; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.

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This wide-ranging account of Spanish literature from Roman times to the present, has won praise from every quarter for its original and enthusiastic approach.