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José María Díaz (Argentina)
José María Díaz de la Torre (July 1813 – 13 November 1888) was a Spanish romanticist journalist, playwright, poet, and politician. His classic works are ''Julio César'' (1841), '' Lucio Junio Bruto'' (1844), ''Catilina'' (1856), and ''La muerte de César'' (1883). He also wrote under the pseudonym Domingo de Argote. He was also involved in the . Biography In July 1813, Díaz was born in Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela to Caracan doctor and journalist and a Spanish mother. During his formative years he experienced the upheaval caused by the Spanish and Bolivarian forces in the Venezuelan War of Independence. In the summer of 1821, his family, due to his father's royalism, fled Caracas for Madrid, Spain, arriving in fall. In 1828, he joined the Real Colegio de Santo Tomás, studying philosophy and quickly began writing under his father's vocation. In 1830, he became acquainted with the artistic scene and the romanticists of . Mariano Roca de Togores, 1st Marquess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanticism In Spanish Literature
Romanticism arrived late and lasted only for a short but intense period, since in the second half of the 19th century it was supplanted by Realism, whose nature was antithetical to that of Romantic literature. Traditional and revolutionary Romanticism ''Costumbrism'' Costumbrism focused on contemporary life, largely from the point of view of the "common" people, and expressed itself in pure, correct language. The principal author in the Costumbrist style was Ramón de Mesonero Romanos, situated on the margins of Romanticism, and in an ironic position in relation to it. Costumbrism, born out of Romanticism, but as a manifestation of nostalgia for the values and customs of the past, contributed to the decadence of the Romantic movement and the rise of Realism, as it became bourgeois and turned into a style of description. Historic context Characteristics of Romanticism *Rejection of Neoclassicism. Faced with the scrupulous rigor and order with which rules were o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio De La Escosura
Patricio de la Escosura Morrogh (5 September 1807–22 January 1878) was a Spanish politician, journalist, playwright and author associated with the Romantic school. Biography Brother of the journalist and playwright Narciso de la Escosura and the engineer Luis de la Escosura y Morrogh, he was a first cousin of the magistrate and writer Francisco de la Escosura Hevia. He was deputy for Palencia, Zaragoza, Oviedo and Cádiz (1846–1871), senator for Córdoba (1872–1873) and member of the Royal Spanish Academy The Royal Spanish Academy (, ; ) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanophon .... He was Minister of the Interior for 5 weeks in 1847 and for 6 months in 1856. He was also Minister Plenipotentiary for Spain in Portugal (1855) and Germany (1872–1874). Between 1842 and 1844, Artistic and Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Augusto De Cueto
Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto y López de Ortega, 1st Marquis of Valmar (16 July 1815 – 12 January 1901) was a Spanish noble, writer, diplomat and politician. He was born in Cartagena, Spain. He served as Minister of State in 1857. He died in Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ..., aged 85. References Personal dossier of the Marquis of Valmar. Spanish Senate , - Marquesses of Spain Foreign ministers of Spain Diplomats for Spain Commanders of the Legion of Honour Members of the Royal Spanish Academy 1815 births 1901 deaths Moderate Party (Spain) politicians Writers from Cartagena, Spain {{Spain-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio García Gutiérrez
Antonio García Gutiérrez (4 October 1813 – 26 August 1884) was a Spanish Romantic dramatist. Biography After having studied medicine in his native town, García Gutiérrez moved to Madrid in 1833 and earned a meager living by translating plays of Eugène Scribe and Alexandre Dumas, père. Lacking success, he was on the point of enlisting when he suddenly sprang into fame as the author of a play called '' El trovador'' (''The Troubadour''), which was played for the first time on 1 March 1836. His next great success was ''Simón Bocanegra'', in 1843. His ''Poesías'' (1840) and another volume of lyrics, ''Luz y tinieblas'' (1842), are comparatively minor, but the versification of his plays, and his power of analysing feminine emotions, have given García Gutiérrez a leading position among the Spanish dramatists of the 19th century. Although recognized as one of the leaders of the Romantic movement in Spain, his plays were not immediately lucrative, and García Gutiérrez e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch Martínez (6 September 1806 – 2 August 1880) was a Spanish dramatist. He was the Director of the National Library of Spain until he retired in 1875. Biography Hartzenbusch was born in Madrid, Spain. His father was a German furniture carpenter and his mother a Spanish woman with the name María Josefa Martínez Calleja. Hartzenbusch's childhood was spent as an apprentice in his father's shop in order to become a cabinet-maker. He studied French 1815-1818 and then took a four-year course in the Jesuit College of San Isidro el Real in Madrid where he studied principally rhetoric, Latin, and philosophy. He followed his father's trade until 1830, when he learned shorthand and joined the staff of the ''Gaceta''. He married Doña María Bernardina Morgue in 1830. She died in 1836. His earliest dramatic essays were translations from Molière, Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas, père; he then turned to adapting old Spanish plays, and in 1837 produced his first ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Gil Y Zárate
Antonio Gil y Zárate (1 December 1793–27 January 1861) was a Spanish dramatist and pedagogue whose work is associated with Romanticism.Antonio Gil y Zárate, ''Guzmán el Bueno. Drama en Cuatro Actos'', 1901/1916 revised edition by Ginn and Company annotated and edited by Sylvester Primer, with introduction in English, available online at Internet Archive He is known for his tragedy, ''Guzmán el Bueno. Drama en Cuatro Actos,'' set in the Middle Ages and exploring the life of a legendary hero of Spain. He was an academician of both the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Real Academia Española.''Diccionario Biográfico Español'' (in Spanish) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De Salamanca
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
