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Vicenta García Miranda
Vicenta García Miranda (August 1816 – 1877) was a Spanish Romantic poet. Biography Vicenta García Miranda was born in Campanario in August 1816, the daughter of Antonio García Miranda, a pharmacist and lover of poetry and classical literature. Due to her father's illness, which kept him bedridden for eleven years, the family had to move to the house of a paternal uncle, which made it difficult for the future writer to study. She married medical student Antonio Ángel de Salas in July 1833, had a son in 1841, who died at eleven months, and was widowed in 1843. These sad events set the tone for a large part of her poetry. In 1845, after reading a poem by Carolina Coronado, she felt that she could also write poetry. Reading Coronado's verses provoked a violent reaction in her that led to a personal rebirth and her poetic awakening. In her poem "La poetisa de aldea" (The Village Poetess), a reflection on one from Coronado, she claims the marginal figure of the female poet, alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campanario, Badajoz
Campanario is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 5,470 (2007) and an area of 284 km². See also * List of municipalities in Badajoz This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. List See also *Geography of Spain * List of Spanish cities {{Municipalities of Spain Badajoz Badajoz is the capital of the ... References External linksOfficial website auto Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz {{Badajoz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homoerotic Poetry
Homoerotic poetry is a genre of poetry implicitly dealing with Homosexuality, same-sex Romance (love), romantic or Human sexuality, sexual interaction. The male-male erotic tradition encompasses poems by major poets such as Pindar, Theognis of Megara, Anacreon, Catullus, Virgil, Martial, Abu Nuwas, Michelangelo, Walt Whitman, Federico García Lorca, W. H. Auden, Fernando Pessoa and Allen Ginsberg. In the female-female tradition, authors may include those such as Sappho, "Michael Field (pseudonym), Michael Field", "Gertrud von Puttkamer, Marie-Madeleine" and Maureen Duffy. Other poets wrote poems and letters with homoerotic overtones toward individuals, such as Emily Dickinson to her sister-in-law Susan Huntington Gilbert. English poetry The most prominent example in the English language and in the Western canon is that of Sonnet 20 by William Shakespeare. Though some literary criticism, critics have made efforts to preserve Shakespeare's literary credibility by claiming his work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
