Washington Irving

Cuentos de la Alhambra

Übersetzer: Ventura Traveset, J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Narrado en primera persona por el propio autor, nos cuenta cómo inicia un viaje por tierras andaluzas que le llevará a Granada. Allí se instala y conoce a varios personajes que le irán relatando los cuentos y leyendas en torno a la Alhambra y a su pasado hispanomusulmán. El libro avanza además por el presente (1829), correspondiente a la realidad que vive el autor. Esto le permite mostrar un rico cuadro de la Granada de la época, de sus calles, sus gentes, sus costumbres, etc.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Espasa Libros, S.L.
• Seitenzahl: 291
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2011
• Spanisch
• Abmessung: 190mm x 130mm
• ISBN-13: 9788467036374
• ISBN-10: 8467036370
• Artikelnr.: 33197843

Autorenporträt

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad and several histories of 15th-century Spain dealing with subjects such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors and the Alhambra. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Irving made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the Morning Chronicle, written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. After moving to England for the family business in 1815, he achieved international fame with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. in 1819-20.