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9780486472355

A Second Spanish Reader A Dual-Language Book

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486472355

  • ISBN10:

    0486472353

  • Edition: Bilingual
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-09-22
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
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Summary

Geared toward advanced beginners, this dual-language volume offers students the convenient, accessible format of English translations on pages facing the matching Spanish text. Selections from poetry, plays, and stories include works by Gabriela Mistral, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Lope de Vega, Simon Bolivar, Francisco de Quevedo, and other prominent Spanish-language writers.

Author Biography

Stanley Appelbaum served for decades as Dover's Editor in Chief until his retirement in 1996. He continues to work as a selector, compiler, editor, and translator of literature in a remarkable range of languages that includes Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Russian.

Table of Contents

Las Casas (1474?–1566)
     Brevísima relación / Very Brief Report
Montemayor (1519?–1561
     La Diana / Diana
Luis de León (1527?–1591)
     De los nombres de Cristo / On the Names of Christ
Alemán (1547–1615)
     Guzmán de Alfarache
Cervantes (1547–1616)
     “El licenciado Vidriera” / “The Graduate Vidriera”
Espinel (1550–1624)
     Marcos de Obregón
Lope de Vega (1562–1635)
     El mejor alcalde, el rey / The Best Mayor—the King
Quevedo (1580–1645)
     El buscón / The Swindler
Tirso de Molina (1583–1648)
     Los cigarrales de Toledo / The Country Houses of Toledo
Calderón (1600–1681)
     El purgatorio de San Patricio / Saint Patrick’s Purgatory
Cadalso (1741–1782)
     Cartas marruecas / The Moroccan Letters
Jovellanos (1744–1811)
     Espectáculos y diversiones públicas / Shows and Public Entertainments
Samaniego (1745–1801)
     Fábulas / Fables
Bolívar (1783–1830)
      “A los pueblos de Venezuela” / “To the People of Venezuela”
Duque de Rivas (1791–1865)
     Don Álvaro 
“Fernán Caballero” (1796–1877)
     La gaviota / The Seagull
Heredia (1803–1839)
      “Al retrato de mi madre” / “To My Mother’s Portrait”
Mesonero Romanos (1803–1882)
     Escenas matritenses / Scenes in Madrid
Echeverría (1805–1851)
     “El matadero” / “The Slaughterhouse”
Hartzenbusch (1806–1880)
     Los amantes de Teruel / The Lovers of Teruel
Espronceda (1808–1842)
     El estudiante de Salamanca / The Student of Salamanca
Sarmiento (1811–1888)
     Recuerdos de provincia / Provincial Recollections
García Gutiérrez (1813–1884)
     El trovador / The Troubadour
Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873)
     SabGil y
Carrasco (1815–1846)
     El Señor de Bembibre / The Lord of Bembibre
Lastarria (1817–1888)
     “Rosa”Zorrilla (1817–1893)
    “A buen juez, mejor testigo” / “For a Good Judge, a Witness Better Yet”
Mármol (1817–1871)
     Amalia
Tamayo y Baus (1829–1898)
    Un drama nuevo / A New Drama
Blest Gana (1830–1920)
     Martín Rivas
Alarcón (1833–1891)
     “La mujer alta” / “The Tall Woman”
Altamirano (1834–1893)
     Clemencia
Bécquer (1836–1870)
     Leyendas / Legends
Castro (1837–1885)
     En las orillas del Sar / On the Banks of the Sar
Pérez Galdós (1843–1920)
     El amigo Manso / Our Friend Manso
López Portillo (1850–1923)
     La parcela / The Plot of Land
Gutiérrez Nájera (1859–1895)
     Cuentos frágiles / Fragile Tales
Unamuno (1864–1936)
     Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho / Life of Don Quixote and Sancho
Gamboa (1864–1939)
     Santa
Valle-Inclán (1866–1936)
     Flor de santidad / Flower of Sanctity
Darío (1867–1916)
     “Canto a la Argentina” / “Hymn to Argentina”
Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928)
     Cuentos valencianos / Valencian StoriesBaroja (1872–1956)
     Camino de perfección / On the Way to Perfection
 “Azorín” (1873–1967)
     La voluntad / Willpower
Lugones (1874–1938)
     La guerra gaucha / The Gaucho War
Quiroga (1878–1937)
    “El hombre muerto” / “The Dead Man”
Jiménez (1881–1958)
     Segunda antolojía poética / Second Poetic Anthology
D’Halmar (1882–1950)
     “En provincia” / “In the Provinces”
Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955)
     El Espectador / The Spectator
Mistral (1889–1957)
     Desolación / Desolation 

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