Periodical (dates): The Westminster Review (1824-1914)

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Volume: 10

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Number: 19

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Date: 1829 (January)

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Place of publication: London

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Pages: 149-169

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Editor: John Bowring (1792-1872)

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Author (Reviewer): Antonio Alcalá Galiano (1789-1865), John Bowring (1792-1872)

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Book (Reviewed):

Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío. Gomez Arias; or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, 3 vols. (London: Hurst, Chance and Co., 1828)

Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío.The Castilian 3 vols. (London: Henry Colburn, 1829)

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Brief description:

Review of Trueba y Cosío’s novels Gómez Arias (1828) and The Castilian (1829), which provides a very romantic image of Spain.

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Spanish authors mentioned:

Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío (1799-1835)
Manuel José Quintana (1772-1857)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681)
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Pacheco (1503/4-1575)

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Spanish works mentioned:

Gómez Arias; or, The Moors of the Alpujarras (Trueba y Cosío, 1828)

The Castilian (Trueba y Cosío, 1829)

El valiente y justiciero y rico hombre de Alcalá (Agustín Moreto, c.1650)

Floresta española (Melchor de Santa Cruz, 1574)

El montañés Juan Pasqual, y primer asistente de Sevilla (Juan de la Hoz y Mota, c.1709)

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Spanish works cited (P=Partially, F=Fully):

“Lamentan los leales castellanos la muerte de su rey Don Pedro, y los traidores partidarios del bastardo Don Enrique la celebran” [Romancero general, 1600] (anon.) (P)

The Castilian (Trueba y Cosío, 1829) (P)

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Spanish works translated (P=Partially, F=Fully):

Prologue to Poesías selectas castellanas, desde el tiempo de Juan de Mena hasta nuestros días (Quintana, 1807) (P)

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Other relevant Spanish names mentioned:

Pelagius of Asturias (c. 688-737)

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as The Cid (c. 1048-1099)

Bernardo del Carpio (8th-9thC) [semilegendary figure]

Ferdinand III of Castile (c.1199-1252)

Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284)

Peter I of Castile (1334-1369)

John II of Castile (1405-1454)

Isabella I, Queen of Castile and Queen consort of Aragon (1451-1504)

Ferdinand II, King of Aragon and, by marriage, King of Castile (1452-1516)

Charles I of Spain, also known as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria (1500-1558)

Philip II of Spain (1527-1598)

Ruderic, also spelled Roderic, Roderik, Roderich, or Roderick; Visigoth King of Hispania between 710-712 (d. 711 or 712)

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, known as “El Gran Capitán” (1453-1515)

Alfonso Fernández de Córdoba, “Alonso de Aguilar” (c.1447-1501)

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

Henry II of Castile, also known as Henry of Trastámara (1334-1379)

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Spanish place names:

Granada

Guadalquivir

Pyrenees

Alpujarras

Sierra Bermeja

Seville

Montiel

Andalusia

Castile

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References to Spanish relevant historic events:

Revolt of the Comuneros(1520-1522)

Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568-1571)

Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499-1501)

Battle of Nájera (1367)

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External link to the review: Click here

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