Espronceda
1908; Modern Humanities Research Association; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3713731
ISSN2222-4319
Autores ResumoLope de Vega's compromising correspondence.The truth leaks out at last, but not till tittle-tattle has done its worst.Espronceda's case is, naturally, on a very different footing.In the interest of survivors it needed handling with tact; but the generation that knew Espronceda personally has passed away with Valera and Cheste, and, though an unnecessary pretence of mystery is still kept up about trifling details, something like the real story can now be told.Furtive tactics are once more shown to be the worst in the world.The legendary Esprionceda was a profligate, sinister figure, the incarnation of rebellion against the established order in politics and morals.According to the new version, he was of unimpeachable orthodoxy, and, after sowing his wild oats, he was on the point of settling down to a life of humdrum respectability when death took him prematurely.The facts may be left to tell their own tale'.We had hitherto been led to suppose that Espronceda was the only child of his parents, and that he was born at Almendralejo de los Barros on the line of march during the Peninsular War in 1809 or 1810.This is a tissue of mistakes.Espronceda had a brother2 and a sister3 (both older than himself) who died young.He was born on March 25, 1808 -before the Peninsular War began,-and, according to local tradition, his birth took place in a shepherd's hut at a spot called Pajares de la Vega near Villafranca de los Barros4.However that may be, he was baptized the same day in the clurch of Our Lady at Almendralejo, received the names of Jose Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnacidn, and is described in the certificate as the legitimate son of Lieutenant-Colonel Juan Espronceda (of the Bourbon cavalry regiment) and his wife Dofia Maria del Carmen Delgado y Lara.He is next heard of in July, 1820, when his father took steps to have him admitted to the artillery school at Segovia.
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