ISBN: 9781234917401

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1886. Not illustrat… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1886. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE SPANISH STUDENT INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The attraction which Spanish life and literature had for Mr. Longfellow was very strong. His diaries and letters indicate, in the eight months of his sojourn in Spain, when he first visited Europe, a constant delight in the scenes which met his eye, and he seemed to form a special attachment for the Spanish people. His Outre-Mer reflects this enthusiasm, and as has already been noted, the first book which he published was the Coplas de Manrique, while his early essays in translation were very generally from the Spanish. His college work both at Brunswick and at Cambridge not only served to familiarize him with the Spanish language, but gave him opportunity and a scarcely needed excuse for large incursions into the domain of Spanish literature, especially leading him to the writings of Lope de Vega, Cervantes, and Calderon. It was while laboring through the earlier Spanish drama that he noted in his diary, March 27, 1840: In the evening I read El Mejor Alcalde el Hey, a glorious play of the great Lope. It is magnificent, -- full of movement and dramatic power, and with a tide of language like a mighty river. Read likewise the Moza de Cdntaro, which belongs to the capa y espada school. But these are stolen pleasures, -- glimpses into the dramatic paradise, foretastes. To-morrow I must go back. So the next day he went back to Torres Naharro, finished his task, and then proposed to take up the prose comedian Lope de Rueda, who, judging by a peep here and there, is full of fun. And then he added, as if a sudden thought struck him: A good idea 1 Yes, I will write a comedy, -- '' The Spanish Student!'' Whether or no the actual theme of his comedy as he afterward wrote it then flashed into his mind we cannot say, but from his ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Poetical Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (volume 1 ); With Bibliographical And Critical Notes Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781234917401

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1886. Not illustrat… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1886. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE SPANISH STUDENT INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The attraction which Spanish life and literature had for Mr. Longfellow was very strong. His diaries and letters indicate, in the eight months of his sojourn in Spain, when he first visited Europe, a constant delight in the scenes which met his eye, and he seemed to form a special attachment for the Spanish people. His Outre-Mer reflects this enthusiasm, and as has already been noted, the first book which he published was the Coplas de Manrique, while his early essays in translation were very generally from the Spanish. His college work both at Brunswick and at Cambridge not only served to familiarize him with the Spanish language, but gave him opportunity and a scarcely needed excuse for large incursions into the domain of Spanish literature, especially leading him to the writings of Lope de Vega, Cervantes, and Calderon. It was while laboring through the earlier Spanish drama that he noted in his diary, March 27, 1840: In the evening I read El Mejor Alcalde el Hey, a glorious play of the great Lope. It is magnificent, -- full of movement and dramatic power, and with a tide of language like a mighty river. Read likewise the Moza de Cdntaro, which belongs to the capa y espada school. But these are stolen pleasures, -- glimpses into the dramatic paradise, foretastes. To-morrow I must go back. So the next day he went back to Torres Naharro, finished his task, and then proposed to take up the prose comedian Lope de Rueda, who, judging by a peep here and there, is full of fun. And then he added, as if a sudden thought struck him: A good idea 1 Yes, I will write a comedy, -- '' The Spanish Student!'' Whether or no the actual theme of his comedy as he afterward wrote it then flashed into his mind we cannot say, but from his ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Poetical Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (volume 1 ); With Bibliographical And Critical Notes Books>Fiction and Literature <

2012, ISBN: 9781234917401

Softcover, Buch, [PU: General Books]

2012, ISBN: 9781234917401

Softcover, Buch, [PU: General Books]