Diary of a Guerrilla

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Ideario español, de Mariano José de Larra, es una descarnada disección de la España del siglo XIX, de los fallos de un mundo atrapado en el tradicionalismo, la corrupción y la ineficacia de un gobierno condenado al fracaso. Larra atacó las costumbres groseras de la España del siglo XIX en (“El castellano viejo”), la indolencia de los funcionarios (“Vuelva usted mañana”) o los espectáculos tradicionales (“Los toros”) e introdujo a veces rasgos de humor que no ocultaron su pesimismo. La actualidad de este libro puede asombrar al lector de hoy.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

La Guerra de la Independencia provoca un inaudito trauma colectivo e individual. En 1808, obliga a escoger precipitadamente entre la colaboración con los invasores y la resistencia. El dilema es especialmente acuciante para la élite ilustrada. Por su lado, los militares, los paisanos incorporados a la guerrilla, los eclesiásticos, los notables locales, los letrados, las mujeres..., en sus respectivas áreas y con sus actuaciones heroicas o mediocres, revelan sus mentalidades y sus credos. A partir de 1810, en la minúscula península gaditana, otros personajes acceden a la notoriedad por...