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José de Espronceda (1808–1842)
Espronceda, José de (es-pron-thā’dä). A Spanish poet; born at Almendralejo in Estremadura, in 1808; died on May 23, 1842. A revolutionist, he wrote the epic fragment ‘Palayo’ in confinement, and was repeatedly exiled. His Byronic mannerism and theories exaggerate Byron. His most notable poems are: ‘The Pirate’; ‘The Beggar,’ preaching socialism; ’The Headsman’; the gruesome ‘Student of Salamanca’; finally his greatest though incomplete piece, ‘The Clean Demon’ (1841). The volume ‘Forgotten Pages’ was issued in 1874. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).