Spanish Literature: 18th and 19th Century Authors
José Cadalso (18th Century): Poetry & Prose
Works: Numancion (or Tenacious), Solaya y Circasianos, Don Sancho García, Conde de Castilla, Moroccan Letters, Gloomy Night, The Pseudo-Intellectuals, Good Soldier to the Violet.
Other 18th Century Authors
- Montesquieu: Persian Letters.
- Argens: Puppets and Turkish Letters.
Nicolás Fernández de Moratín: Theater & Tragedies
Works: Lucrecia, Hormesinda, Guzman the Better.
Vicente García de la Huerta: Tragedies
Work: Raquel.
Ramón de la Cruz: Classic Theater
Works: The Chestnut Seller, The Meadow of San Isidro, Muñuelo.
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos: Romantic Drama
Work: The Honest Offender.
Leandro Fernández de Moratín: Dramatic Theater
Works: The Old Man and the Girl, The New Comedy, Coffee, Muñuelo, Baron, The Sanctimonious (discussed female education), On Whether Girls (love).
Prose: The Defeat of Pedants (criticism).
Poetics: Volume 3 (19), Lyric and Dramatic Works (19), Making Pomegranate (18), Satire Against the Vices Introduced into Castilian Poetry (18), I Chose the Muses.
José de Espronceda (19th Century)
Works: Sancho Saldaña the Castilian of Cuellar (historical novel), El Pelayo (epic poem), Poems (poetry), The Pirate Song, Rea of Death, In an Orgy to Jarifa, The Hymn to the Sun (short poetry), A Student of Salamanca, The Devil’s World (longer poems).
Other 19th Century Authors
- Walter Scott (Prose Fiction, Historical Novel): Ivanhoe.
- Mesonero Roman (Prose, Articles of Manners): The Curious Speaker, Scenes Matritenses.
- Estébanez Calderón: Andalusian Scenes.
Mariano José de Larra (19th Century): Prose & Poetry
Prose: The Youth of Don Enrique the Sorrowful (historical novel), The Day You Come Back Tomorrow for the Dead (folklore articles), No One Goes Without Speaking to the Doorman (political article).
Poetry: Satire Against the Vices of the Court (neoclassical), El Macías (historical drama).
Other 19th Century Dramatists
- Francisco Martínez de la Rosa: The Conspiracy of Venice.
- Antonio García Gutiérrez: The Troubadour.
- Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch: Lovers of Teruel.
- Duke of Rivas: Don Álvaro or the Force of Destiny.
José Zorrilla: Poetry & Theater
Poetry: Legends (narrative plays in verse).
Theater: The Shoemaker and the King (drama), Traitor, Unconfessed, and Martyr (drama), Don Juan Tenorio (religious-fantastic drama).
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer: Poetry & Prose
Poetry: Rhymes (short poems), The Book of Sparrows.
Prose: From My Cell (letters), Readings (short stories) – including The Mountain of Souls, The Miserere, Master Pérez the Organist, The Kiss, Moonlight, Green Eyes.
Other 19th Century Prose Writers
- Fernán Caballero (Novel of Manners): The Seagull.
- Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (Short Story): The Three-Cornered Hat.
Benito Pérez Galdós: Prose
Works: The Golden Fountain (realism), The Disinherited (naturalist), The Golden Fountain, The Bold (historical novels), Doña Perfecta (political-religious), Leon Roch’s Family (religious conflict), Marianela (idealistic novel), Fortunata and Jacinta (naturalist-realist), The Gentle Friend, The Forbidden, Angel War, Mercy, Torquemada (trilogy), Trafalgar, Zaragoza, The First Republic, Dance, Gerona, The Battle of Arapiles, The Luggage of Joseph (national events).
Leopoldo Alas “Clarín”: Prose
Works: Goodbye Lamb (short stories, tales), Solo Trumpet, Clarín’s Chats (literary criticism), Pipa, Doña Berta (short stories), His Only Son, La Regenta (novels).