BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brent, Albert. “Larra's Dramatic Works.” Romance Notes 8, no. 2 (spring 1967): 207-12.

Provides a complete listing of Larra's plays including production dates and locations.

CRITICISM

Adams, Nicholson B. “A Note on Larra's No Más Mostrador.” Romance Studies Presented to William Morton Dey, no. 12 (1950): 15-8.

Examines the popularity and questionable originality of Larra's first play.

Adler, Robert L. “Modernization of Spain and the Converso in the Work of Mariano José de Larra.” Hispania 72, no. 3 (September 1989): 483-90.

Discusses Larra's use of converso characters in No más mostrador as part of his continuing efforts to modernize his country.

Fox, E. Inman. “Historical and Literary Allusions in Larra's ‘El Hombre Menguado.’” Hispanic Review 28 (1960): 341-9.

Considers Larra's first political articles written in response to the civil war between the Carlists and the Liberals.

Gies, David T. “Larra, Grimaldi, and the Actors of Madrid.” In Studies in Eighteenth-Century Spanish Literature and Romanticism in Honor of John Clarkson Dowling, edited by Douglas and Linda Jane Barnette, pp. 113-22. Newark, Del.: Juan de la Cuesta, 1985.

Discusses the attempts by Larra and his friend Grimaldi to improve the quality of performance in the Spanish theatre.

Krato, Jennifer Rae. “Enlightenment Satire and Larra's ‘El Pobrecito Hablador.’” Dieciocho: Hispanic Enlightenment 19, no. 1 (spring 1996): 65-72.

Examines Larra's essays in the journal El Pobrecito Hablador, which cover the period before he joined La Revista Española.

Ríos-Font, Wadda C. “From Romantic Irony to Romantic Grotesque: Mariano José de Larra's and Rosalía de Castro's Self-Conscious Novels.” Hispanic Review 65, no. 2 (autumn 1997): 177-98.

Compares of the use of romantic irony in Larra's El doncel de don Enrique el Doliente and Castro's El caballero de las botas azules.

Sánchez, Roberto G. “Between Macías and Don Juan: Spanish Romantic Drama and the Mythology of Love.” Hispanic Review 44, no. 1 (winter 1976): 27-44.

Responds to the tendency of scholars to link the events of Larra's life (and death) to events represented within his plays.

Schurlknight, Donald E. “Some Forgotten Poetry by Larra.” Romance Notes 29, no. 2 (winter 1988): 161-7.

Maintains that although Larra disliked writing poetry, he made an exception for the composition of verses in praise of the Spanish monarch Ferdinand VII.

Simerka, Barbara. “You Are What You Eat: Dining Customs and Social Satire in ‘El Castellano Viejo.’” RLA: Romance Languages Annual 6 (1994): 586-9.

Analyzes Larra's criticism of the Spanish class structure through his satirical treatment of the dining customs of the aristocracy.

Tarr, F. Courtney. “More Light on Larra.” Hispanic Review 4, no. 2 (April 1936): 89-110.

Discusses the state of scholarship on Larra in the early part of the twentieth century.

Additional coverage of Larra's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Literature Resource Center; Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Vol. 17.