Spain is a social, democratic state, the political form of which is a parliamentary monarchy. The Constitution is in force, approved by a national referendum on December 6, 1978 and entered into force on December 29, 1978. Check computerminus for political system of Spain. Administratively, Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities of the Kingdom of…
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Memo to a Tourist in Spain
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Spain Literature Part 9
In our century the sympathy for D. is much more evident in the great writers. In Rubén Dario (1867-1916) memories of D.’s works and personality emerge, as well as verbal and metaphorical suggestions. D. has a more massive cultural presence in the work of Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936), who often quotes the poet, frames him…
Spain Literature Part 8
Another way that allows us to study the restoration of Dante’s poetry in the context of romantic culture are the books of criticism and literary history. The first Spanish critic who made an overall study of the Italian poet, which appeared in eight episodes in a Barcelona newspaper in 1856, was M. Milá, y Fontanals…
Spain Literature Part 7
According to cachedhealth.com, the position taken by the Spanish Inquisition was limited to the following points: in the Index of 1583 the Monarchy appears prohibited, as already in the Portuguese Index of 1581. Again in 1583, the generic condemnations of Landino’s commentary began. Only in the seventeenth century, and precisely in the Index of 1612,…
Spain Literature Part 6
According to behealthybytomorrow.com, Juan de Padilla is the author of the most demanding and complex poem in the context of Castilian Dante imitation, provided we obviously think of Los doce triunfos de los doce Apóstoles (1521) and not, as erroneously stated by Farinelli and Giannini, to the Retablo de la vida de Cristo (1505). I…
Spain Literature Part 5
In Catalan prose narrative, D.’s knowledge is testified above all by the anonymous mid-century novel Curial and Güelfa. Alongside other links with Italian and Latin writers, the author also demonstrates such familiarity with D. that references become frequent and even quotations in the original language are reached. A minor but no less significant testimony is…
Spain Literature Part 4
Alongside the Santillana it is almost pragmatic to deal with Juan de Mena (1411-1456), in which moreover the weight of Dante’s imitation is very low. Some critics obsessed with the allegorical character of the Laberinto de Fortuna (1444), have established a link that is not pertinent here precisely because the Latin culture of I. de…
Spain Literature Part 3
In the Catalan-speaking lands, in this first half of the century, the survival of the Provençal troubadour lyric tradition acted as an obstacle to the Italianizing renewal, whose delay in poetry is clearly evident in relation to prose. In any case, a few names can be adduced: those of Metge and Febrer. The distance between…
Spain Literature Part 2
In dealing simultaneously with Dante in Castilian and Catalan, the problem of both the priority and the different characteristics with which the phenomenon occurs in the two linguistic areas arises first of all. In Catalan literature, the Italian presence is certainly precocious, but it must be borne in mind that the statement is valid for…