Spanish literature

Introduction
Castilian literature
- Medieval period
  - The origins of vernacular writing
  - The rise of heroic poetry
  - The beginnings of prose
  - Learned narrative poetry
  - The 14th century
  - The 15th century
- The era of the Renaissance
  - The beginning of the Siglo de Oro
  - Poetry
  - Early drama
  - Prose
    - Historical writing
    - The novel
  - Mystical writings
  - Writings about women
  - Later drama
  - Culteranismo and conceptismo
  - The plays of Calderón
- The 18th century
  - New critical approaches
  - Women writers
- The 19th century
  - The Romantic movement
  - Costumbrismo
  - Revival of the Spanish novel
  - Post-Romantic drama and poetry
- The modern period
  - The Generation of 1898
    - Novels and essays
    - Poetry
    - Drama
  - Novecentismo
  - The Generation of 1927
    - Women poets
    - Reform of the drama
  - The Spanish Civil War and beyond
    - The novel
    - Theatre
    - Poetry
Catalan literature
- Medieval period
  - Poetry
  - Prose
- Decline: 16th–18th century
- The Renaixensa and after
Galician literature
- Medieval poetry
- The modern revival

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Benito Pérez Galdós

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Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish literature: Media

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St. Luke the Evangelist

St. Luke the Evangelist

St. Luke, illuminated page from the Beatus Apocalypse, Mozarabic, 975; in the Gerona...

Archivo Mas, Barcelona

Alfonso X

Alfonso X

Alfonso X, 13th-century manuscript illumination.

Archivo Iconograifco, S.A./Corbis

Marqués de Santillana

Marqués de Santillana

Marqués de Santillana, detail of an oil painting by Jorge Inglès, 1458; in the Palacio...

Archivo Mas, Barcelona

Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega.

The New York Public Library Digital Collection

Feijóo y Montenegro

Feijóo y Montenegro

Feijóo y Montenegro, detail of an engraving by Joaquín Ballester, 1765

Archivo Mas, Barcelona

Zorrilla y Moral, José

Zorrilla y Moral, José

José Zorrilla y Moral.

Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós, detail of an oil painting by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida.

Courtesy of the Hispanic Society of America

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Archivo Mas, Barcelona

Azorín

Azorín

Azorín (pseudonym of José Martínez Ruiz), detail of an oil painting by Joaquín Sorolla...

Courtesy of the Hispanic Society of America

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Juan Ramón Jiménez, 1956

AP

Benavente y Martínez, Jacinto

Benavente y Martínez, Jacinto

Jacinto Benavente y Martínez.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Ana Maria Matute sits on a couch with her hands clasped, wearing a dark suit and looking at the camera.

Matute, Ana María

Ana María Matute.

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Camilo José Cela

Camilo José Cela

Camilo José Cela.

Copyright Pressens Bild AB/Gamma Liaison

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