by Rosalía de Castro · Ediciones Akal · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476000212
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«Cantares gallegos» is the poetry collection by Rosalía de Castro published by Ediciones Akal in paperback (320 pages, bilingual Galician-Spanish edition).
This poetry collection celebrates Galicia and its popular culture: landscapes, estuaries, pilgrimages, traditions, peasant myths and figures such as the bagpiper, the young men, the girls and the virgins. The work draws on medieval Galician-Portuguese lyric and traditional songs, with rhythms such as that of the muiñeira; this edition offers the complete text in Galician with a Spanish version.
The work was originally published in 1863; the present edition is number 6 of Akal's Básica de Bolsillo collection.
It is intended for poetry readers and students of Galician literature who want to have the text in Galician and its Spanish version.
María Rosalía Rita de Castro, was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely regarded as the greatest Galician cultural icon, she was a leading figure in the emergence of the literary Galician language. Through her work, she projected multiple emotions, including the yearning for the celebration of Galician identity and culture, and female empowerment. She is credited with challenging the traditional female writer archetype.
