Cuentos de la Alhambra
Jan 1985 · Ediciones Miguel Sánchez CB
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El autor de la novela Cuentos de la Alhambra es el escritor norteamericano Washington Irving (1783-1859). Adscrito a la corriente del romanticismo destaca en este libro la confluencia de su interés por España y sus tradiciones (algunos le consideran el primer hispanista extranjero) y la influencia del orientalismo. Tuvo el privilegio de vivir en la Alhambra mientras escribía el libro Cuentos de la Alhambra. Después de recoger todas las leyendas de los habitantes de la Alhambra, y tras investigar en los archivos de la Biblioteca universitaria granadina, desarrolló un género de novela fantástica de imprescindible lectura. Entre 1829 y 1832 fue secretario de la legación americana en España, bajo las órdenes de Martin Van Buren. Durante ese tiempo viajó entre otros lugares a El Escorial, Sevilla y Granada examinando los archivos que contenían documentación especialmente sobre todo lo relativo al Nuevo Mundo. Ello le sirvió de base para escribir Colón (1828), La Conquista de Granada (182 ...
El autor de la novela Cuentos de la Alhambra es el escritor norteamericano Washington Irving (1783-1859). Adscrito a la corriente del romanticismo destaca en este libro la confluencia de su interés por España y sus tradiciones (algunos le consideran el primer hispanista extranjero) y la influenci...
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Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. Under another pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, he wrote The Sketch-book, which included essays about English folk customs, essays about the American Indian, and the two American stories for which he is most renowned--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York.
Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. ...
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