Publications


Literatura galega. Séculos escuros e Rexurdimento

Author

Freixeiro Mato, Xosé Ramón / Martínez Pereiro, Carlos Paulo / Dobarro, X. M. / Marco López, A. / Pérez Pascual, Xosé Ignacio

Research lines

Contemporary Galician literature

ISBN

84-86531-43-8

Editorial

APLL / Vía Lactea

Date of publishment

1988

Number of pages

175

Description


Spanning from the 16th to the 19th century, Literatura galega. Séculos escuros e Rexurdimento continues the story of Galician literature begun by Literatura Galego-Portuguesa Medieval, and is once again aimed at a mainly student readership.

The surge in importance of literary creation during the 19th century is reflected in the greater concentration of work from that period in the book, particularly in relation to poetry and the classic triumvirate of Rosalía, Curros and Pondal. Nevertheless, the ‘dark centuries’ of almost complete literary silence that preceded this revival are also crucial to understanding the peculiar aesthetic and sociological character of Galician literature.