José de Espronceda
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José Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado (25 March 1808 – 23 May 1842)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> was a Romantic Spanish poet, one of the most representative authors of the 19th century.<ref name=Espín>Template:Cite web</ref> He was influenced by Eugenio de Ochoa, Federico Madrazo, Alfred Tennyson, Richard Chenevix Trench and Diego de Alvear.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Life
Espronceda was born in Almendralejo, at the Province of Badajoz.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> As a youth, he studied at the Colegio San Mateo at Madrid, having Alberto Lista as a teacher. When he was 15 years old, he formed a secret society named "Los Numantinos" alongside his friends Ventura de la Vega and Patricio de la Escosura, conspiring against Ferdinand VII and intending to avenge the death of Rafael del Riego. For this, he was imprisoned in a monastery and exiled.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Afterward, he left Spain and lived in Lisbon, Belgium, France, England and Holland. On his return to Spain in 1833, he became active in the extreme left-wing of Spanish political culture. Espronceda is also known for his affair with Teresa Mancha, for whom he wrote "Canto a Teresa" (from El diablo mundo). He died of diphtheria in 1842.
In 1902, his body was moved to Panteón de Hombres Ilustres, Spain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Literary production
Having been inspired to a literary career by his teacher Alberto Lista, Espronceda began to write the historical poem El Pelayo during his stay in the monastery. The poem was never completed. Later he wrote the novel Sancho Saldaña. His other important works include El estudiante de Salamanca, whose main character is Don Félix de Montemar, El mendigo, ¡Guerra!, Al dos de mayo and El diablo mundo,<ref name=Espín/> long lyric poems, the latter remained unfinished. Also important were A Jarifa en una orgía, El verdugo,<ref name=Espín/> El canto del cosaco, La canción del pirata<ref name=Espín/> and Himno al sol. Many of his works display the tendencies of Romanticism, and along with José Zorrilla he is considered Spain's most important Romantic poet, as well as the most rebellious.Template:Citation needed In 2006 Diego Martinez Torron has published the first annotated edition of the complete works of José de Espronceda with unpublished text, and with also unpublished text in El otro Espronceda.<ref>José de Espronceda, Obras completas, edicion de Diego Martinez Torron, Madrid, Cátedra, 2006 (Bibliotheca Áurea).</ref><ref>El otro Espronceda, edicion de Diego Martinez Torron, Sevilla, Alfar, 2016, (Alfar Universidad, 215)</ref>
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Bibliography
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- Geoffrey Brereton, Quelques précisions sur les sources d'Espronceda (Paris, 1933)
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