Gustavo Adolfo
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Gustavo Adolfo
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| Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo (1836-70), Spanish poet, born in Seville. He spent most of his life in Madrid as a free-lance journalist and translator. His best-known verse is The Infinite Passion (1871; trans. 1924), a collection of short, lyrical poems. Underscored by a deep, pantheistic faith, the poems deal mainly with such themes as the struggle for perfection, despair, and the joys of love. Bécquer's best-known prose works are the Romantic Legends of Spain (1871; trans. 1909). The stories are characterized by a quality of elusiveness and mystery and a remarkably delicate, musical prose. He is regarded as one of the most important lyric poets of 19th-century Spain. | |
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