Andalucia: A Literary Guide for Travellers (Literary Guides for Travellers): 7 - Hardcover

Andrew And Suzanne Edwards

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784533904 ISBN 13: 9781784533908

Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 2016

Synopsis

Andalucia is the quintessence of Spain and yet, historically and culturally, it is utterly unlike the rest of the country. Its literary history began with the Romans and reached an early flowering when Arabic poets drew on centuries of literary tradition, together with the landscapes and passions of Moorish Spain. Later, Prosper Merimee, Byron and Washington Irving forged legends of exotic southern Spain that persist to this day and Spanish writers themselves captured the rich passions of Andalucian culture, from Cervantes' Seville to the Cordoba of Baroque poet Luis de Gongora and Lorca's 'hidden Andalucia'. With the advent of the Civil War, a new generation flocked to Andalucia and were inspired to write some of the Twentieth Century's most iconic works of literature, from Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls to Orwell's Homage to Catalonia and Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth. As vibrant and compelling as the region itself, Andalucia: A Literary Guide for Travellers illuminates the very soul of Spain.

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Review:

Andalusia has a rare and special quality - a magic if you will - like the enchanting force of a fairy queen's spell or the anguished cry of a heart-felt prayer. Many have felt this power - even from afar - yet few have distilled it successfully into words. This superb literary guide to one of the world's most culturally rich and diverse corners sifts through many hundreds of books and texts to present us with a fine selection of the highest quality gems, small, concentrated droplets of the essence of the place, its poetry and people. It is essential reading for anyone who has ever fallen for the charms, mystique and passion of southern Spain. --Jason Webster, author of Andalus and Duende

As with their impeccable literary guide to Sicily the best of its type I know - Andrew and Suzanne Edwards, in this new book, trace the lines of a double cartography. One map is real... the other is of the emotions: intimate, impossible to photograph from satellites, invisible even to the meticulous eye of Google Earth. An itinerary which has to do with the stuff that dreams are made of. --Alejandro Luque, cultural correspondent of the Correo de Andalucía and author of Palabras mayores. Borges Quiñones. 25 años de Amistad

'The rich literary heritage of Andalucia has been honoured in a comprehensive new book. Andalucia: A Literary Guide For Travellers takes readers on an enthralling tour of Spain's largest region, as seen through the eyes of the countless authors who have been inspired by it. Lord Byron, Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway and Laurie Lee are among the celebrated writers who have penned novels and poems after visiting at least one of the eight provinces, which are each dealt with in turn. It is the second joint non-fiction book for Andrew and Suzanne Edwards, following their best-selling Sicily: A Literary Guide For Travellers.' - AllAboutAndalucia.com, The Olive Press Insider's Guide 'a thoughtful, thoroughly researched and remarkable well-balanced scholarly guide...rich in detail...thorough and entertaining.' --Times Literary Supplement

About the Author:

Andrew Edwards is a writer and the translator of two books set in Sicily by the Spanish author Alejandro Luque. Suzanne Edwards is a linguistics graduate and lecturer. They co-authored the acclaimed Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers (I.B.Tauris, 2014).

About this edition

• Publisher: I.B.Tauris
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784533904
• ISBN 13: 9781784533908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304