South from Granada

Author: Gerald Brenan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British in Yegen, Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Gerald Brenan is generally regarded as the greatest of English writers about Spain. "South from Granada" describes the essence of a remote rural area before the Civil War with vivid sympathy. Here, brought back to life, are the festivals and folk-lore of the Sierra Nevada, the rivalries, romances and courtship rituals, the village customs, superstitions and characters. Equally compelling are chapters on Granada in the twenties, food and the Phoenicians, the cheap brothels and archaeological remains of Almeria, the stark but haunting mountain scenery and even a visit from Virginia Woolf. The result was acclaimed on publication as a masterpiece; it remains a classic, richly evocative account of a lost way of life.

South From Granada

Author: Gerald Brenan
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Yegen (Spain)
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description

A Life of One's Own

Author: Gerald Brenan
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521297349
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
Autobiography of the novelist which covers the years spent in Malta and ends with his departure from England in 1919 to live in Spain.

The Face of Spain

Author: Gerald Brenan
Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description

The Literature of the Spanish People

Author: Gerald Brenan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521043137
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 524

Book Description
A paperback of Gerald Brenan's account of Spanish literature from Roman times to the present, which has won praise from every quarter for its original and enthusiastic approach, its wide-ranging scholarship and elegant style. First published in paperback in 1976, this book remains a useful study of Spanish literary history.

The Spanish Labyrinth

Author: Gerald Brenan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521398275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth, first published in 1990, has become the classic account of the background to the Spanish Civil War.

The Sinner's Guide

Author: Luis (de Granada)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 506

Book Description

St John of the Cross: His Life and Poetry

Author: Gerald Brenan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521200066
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
The paperback edition of a very successful and in some ways remarkable book, first published in 1973. Gerald Brenan is well known for his 'expository' works on Spanish history and literature, and now in his eighties he has returned to an early interest in the Spanish mystics to produce an absorbing study of St John of the Cross, one of the foremost of Catholic mystics and poets. The book is perhaps the first in English to combine an objective - but sensitive and lively - account of St John's life with a fresh translation (by Mr Brenan's associate Lynda Nicholson) of his verse.

Frommer's Seville, Granada and the Best of Andalusia

Author: Jeremy Head
Publisher: *Frommers
ISBN: 9780470974315
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Frommer's Seville, Granada & Andalusia gives you a complete overview and insider knowledge on where and what to visit in this culturally rich destination. Packed with detailed and opinionated reviews, this guide gives you the lowdown on what's worth your time and what's not, providing extensive listings for accommodation, attractions and restaurants whatever your budget. The southern Spanish regions and their highlights are broken down by thoughtful chapter sections with itineraries and accompanying maps to help you to plan your way while you stay, according to your time frame. Find fantastic restaurants serving Andalusian, Spanish, Mediterranean and even Moorish cuisine; discover adventures outside Seville and Granada; explore the cultural and historic highlights; take time out to enjoy the best beaches along the Costa de la Luz or a round of golf in the Costa Del Sol. Importantly, this guide provides the latest trip-planning advice, money-saving tips and directory of useful contacts to ensure you make the most of your stay in Southern Spain. Take a look inside. About Complete Guides: The Frommer's Complete guides give travellers the comprehensive overview of destinations, detailing the vast variety of choices and need-to-know local information in cities and countries, without glossing over any of the details. Entire regions, neighbourhoods and more are broken down by thoughtful itineraries to give detailed guides to each, with full accompanying reviews and prices listed throughout. These guides are packed full of up-to-date advice and tips on what's new in the location and how to plan your trip according in every aspect of your time there; vocabulary lists also exist where you might need a few key phrases and menu terms. Complete guides give you the respective A to Z, helping you to find the places to stay, eat, shop and explore that are best suited for you wherever you are or are planning to go.

The Last Crusade in the West

Author: Joseph F. O'Callaghan
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812209354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380

Book Description
By the middle of the fourteenth century, Christian control of the Iberian Peninsula extended to the borders of the emirate of Granada, whose Muslim rulers acknowledged Castilian suzerainty. No longer threatened by Moroccan incursions, the kings of Castile were diverted from completing the Reconquest by civil war and conflicts with neighboring Christian kings. Mindful, however, of their traditional goal of recovering lands formerly ruled by the Visigoths, whose heirs they claimed to be, the Castilian monarchs continued intermittently to assault Granada until the late fifteenth century. Matters changed thereafter, when Fernando and Isabel launched a decade-long effort to subjugate Granada. Utilizing artillery and expending vast sums of money, they methodically conquered each Naṣrid stronghold until the capitulation of the city of Granada itself in 1492. Effective military and naval organization and access to a diversity of financial resources, joined with papal crusading benefits, facilitated the final conquest. Throughout, the Naṣrids had emphasized the urgency of a jihād waged against the Christian infidels, while the Castilians affirmed that the expulsion of the "enemies of our Catholic faith" was a necessary, just, and holy cause. The fundamentally religious character of this last stage of conflict cannot be doubted, Joseph F. O'Callaghan argues.