Ix. The Romanceros, Or Ballads : p. 222 CHAPTER IX: THE ROMANCEROS OR BALLADS THE word "romancero "in modern Spanish is more or less strictly applied to a special form of verse composition, a narrative poem written in lines of sixteen syllables which adhere to one single assonance throughout. Originally the term was applied...
Iv. The Sequels To amadis De Gaul : p. 139 CHAPTER IV: THE SEQUELS TO "AMADIS DE GAUL" IN dealing with the literatures of the Peninsula, a task for which he was eminently well equipped, Southey followed an instinct of natural discrimination which seldom played him false. Feeble as some of the 'after-books' of A"madis "undoubtedly...
Untitled : LEGENDS AND ROMANCES OF SPAIN BY LEWIS SPENCE [1920] Title Page Preface Contents I. The Source of Spanish Romance II. The "Cantares de Gesta" and the "Poema del Cid" III. "Amadis de Gaul" IV. The Sequels to "Amadis de Gaul" V. The Palmerin Romances VI. Catalonian Romances VII. Roderic, Last...
Ii. The cantares De Gesta And The poema Del Cid : p. 48 CHAPTER II: THE "CANTARES DE GESTA" AND THE "POEMA DEL CID" THE French origin of the "cantares de gesta" has already been alluded to. Their very name, indeed, bespeaks a Gallic source. But in justice to the national genius of Spain we trust that it has been made abundantly clear th...
Viii. calaynos The Moor gayferos : p. 213 CHAPTER VIII: "CALAYNOS THE MOOR GAYFEROS" AND "COUNT ALARCOS" I BRACKET these three romances together in this chapter not only because they appear to have been held in the highest favour by the people of Old Spain, but for the equally good reason that they seem to me to manifest...
Preface : p. 5 PREFACE. SINCE the days of Southey the romantic literature of Spain has not received from English writers and critics the amount of study and attention it undoubtedly deserves. In no European country did the seeds of Romance take root so readily or blossom so speedily and luxuriantly...
X. The Romanceros, Or Ballads : p. 245 CHAPTER X: THE ROMANCEROS OR BALLADS (CONTINUED) There was crying in Granada as the sun was going clown, Some calling on the Trinity, some calling on Mahoun Here passed away the Koran, there in the Cross was borne, And here was heard the Christian bell, and there the Moorish horn. IN this...
Xi. Moorish Romances Of Spain : p. 263 CHAPTER XI: MOORISH ROMANCES OF SPAIN THESE are, of course, more of the nature of romances "of "the Moors than "by" the Moors--tales embedded in Spanish folk-lore relating to Saracen times and themes, rather than written fictions existing in ancient Arab manuscripts. The Arab literature...
V. The Palmerin Romances : p. 169 CHAPTER V: THE PALMERIN ROMANCES IT would seem to have been a foible with the early critics of Spanish romance to seek to discover a Portuguese origin for practically all of its manifestations. They appear to have argued from the analogy of "Amadis "that all romantic effort hailed...
Vi. Catalonian Romances : p. 187 CHAPTER VI: CATALONIAN ROMANCES THE literary genius of Catalonia was unquestionably a lyrical one, as befitted a province so happily endowed by nature, clothed with the purple mantle of vineyards, and laved by the calm beauty of a dreamy ocean. Epic has her home in rugged and wind-swept...
Xiii. Humorous Romances Of Spain : p. 351 CHAPTER XIII: HUMOROUS ROMANCES OF SPAIN Cervantes, the bold metal of thy lance Shatters the crystal torrets of Romance Down falls the wreck in roin most immense Upon the dreary plains of common sense. L.S. CERVANTES was one of the world's great satirists, a man gifted with a keen...
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I. The Source Of Spanish Romance : p. 11 CHAPTER I: THE SOURCE OF SPANISH ROMANCE IF, spent with journeying, a stranger should seat himself in some garden in old Granada, and from beneath a tenting of citron and mulberry leaves open his ears to the melody of the waters of the City of Pomegranates and his spirit to the sorcery...
Vii. Roderic, Last Of The Goths : p. 201 CHAPTER VII: RODERIC, LAST OF THE GOTHS THE tragic and tumultuous story of the manner in which Spain was delivered into the hands of the Moors is surely a theme worthy of treatment by the highest genius. But either because it offended the national pride or otherwise failed to make an appeal...
Iii. amadis De Gaul : p. 90 CHAPTER III: "AMADIS DE GAUL MANY a casement in the grey castle of Spanish Romance opens upon vistas of fantastic loveliness or gloomy grandeur, but none commands a prospect so brilliant, so infinitely varied, or so rich in the colours of fantasy as that aery embrasure overlooking the regi...
Xii. Tales Of Spanish Magic And Sorcery : p. 333 CHAPTER XII: TALES OF SPANISH MAGIC AND SORCERY SPAIN seems to have been regarded by the other countries of Western Europe as the special abode of superstition, sorcery, and magic, probably because of the notoriety given to the discoveries of the Moorish alchemists, the first scientists...
