Spain And Its Literature Essays In Memory Of E. Allison Peers

Besides an Introduction, Bibliography and "Centenary Reappraisal", eighteen original articles by respected Hispanists from Britain, Spain and the United States have been collected in this homage volume. A high proportion of articles reflect Peers2 major interests in mysticism and the Romantic Movement. Part I, From the Middle Ages to the Siglo de Oro, includes essays that deal with Francisco de Osuna2s "higher memory", the "Dark Night" of San Juan de la Cruz, Judaeo-Islamic traditions in Luis de Le3n and Miguel de Molinos2 Spiritual Guide. Part II, From the Dawn of Romanticism to the Twentieth Century, contains articles concerned with writers, works or themes as: S1nchez2s Colecci3n and Percy2s Reliques, Rivas and tragedy, El moro exp3sito, Gustavo Adolfo B9cquer, Victor Hugo and "La Nonne sanglante". An article, dealing comparatively with Goytisolo and Zorrilla, which provides "A Missing Link in the Dis-affiliation of a Post-Romantic Expatriate in Revolt?" aptly concludes the volume.Mackenzie, Ann L. is the author of 'Spain And Its Literature Essays In Memory Of E. Allison Peers' with ISBN 9780853234883 and ISBN 0853234884.