Key Points

• Spanish romantic poet

• He wrote adventures set in oriental and exotic atmospheres

• He was a literary chronicler of salons of society and politics

• His poetry, in brief verses, alludes to the ineffable

• Founder of modern Spanish lyricism

• Wrote gothic, grim, impresionable short stories

• Literary columnist and conservative critic

Relevant Works

• Rimas y leyendas

• Cartas literarias a una mujer

• Desde mi celda

• La cruz del valle