The volume concludes with a consideration of the influences of film and new media on modern Spanish literature. The chapters chart a wide range of literary periods and movements. The classics of the canon of eleven centuries of Span´ to ish literature are covered, from Berceo, Cervantes and Calderon Garc´ıa Lorca and Mart´ın Gaite, but attention is also paid to lesserknown writers and works. Together, the essays cover the full range of Spanish poetry, prose, and theatre from the early Middle Ages to the present day. This first comprehensive history of Spanish literature to be published in English since the 1970s brings together experts from the USA, the United Kingdom, and Spain. The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature
