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Ángel Guerra
Oscurecida pese a su calidad por otras obras más populares, Ángel Guerra (1891), novela de madurez perteneciente al ciclo de "Novelas españolas contemporáneas", es, sin embargo, con sus resonancias quijotescas, otra de las cumbres del autor. Situada su acción entre Madrid y Toledo y en el breve lapso de unos nueve meses, inaugura en ella Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920), ese cristiano «heterodoxo», su exploración de la espiritualidad, tan patente en novelas como "Nazarín" o "Misericordia". En la peripecia de Ángel Guerra (claro ejemplo de los "nombres parlantes" tan caros al autor canario), en cuya naturaleza anida un sincero deseo de remediar las penurias del género humano, encontramos perfectamente plasmadas (desde sus veleidades revolucionarias hasta las monásticas o religiosas) las tensiones tan galdosianas entre realidad y fantasía, locura y orden práctico, riqueza y pobreza, naturaleza y sociedad, entreveradas entre sí por medio de una galería de personajes inolvidables.
768 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1891
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Benito Pérez Galdós
1,497 books606 followersPeople know Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós especially for his
Episodios Nacionales
(1873-1912), a series of 46 historical novels.
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Some authorities consider him second only to Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th century Spain.
Galdós was a prolific writer, publishing 31 novels, 46 Episodios Nacionales (National Episodes), 23 plays, and the equivalent of 20 volumes of shorter fiction, journalism and other writings. He remains popular in Spain, and galdosistas (Galdós researchers) considered him Spain's equal to Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. As recently as 1950, few of his works were available translated to English, although he has slowly become popular in the Anglophone world.
While his plays are generally considered to be less successful than his novels, Realidad (1892) is important in the history of realism in the Spanish theatre.
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Some authorities consider him second only to Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th century Spain.
Galdós was a prolific writer, publishing 31 novels, 46 Episodios Nacionales (National Episodes), 23 plays, and the equivalent of 20 volumes of shorter fiction, journalism and other writings. He remains popular in Spain, and galdosistas (Galdós researchers) considered him Spain's equal to Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. As recently as 1950, few of his works were available translated to English, although he has slowly become popular in the Anglophone world.
While his plays are generally considered to be less successful than his novels, Realidad (1892) is important in the history of realism in the Spanish theatre.
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