Women's poetry in Spain

==== Early Modern Period (15th–18th centuries) ====

==== Early Modern Period (15th–18th centuries) ====

The ''[[Querelle des femmes]]'', a European debate on women’s intellectual capacity, influenced early Spanish feminist thought. Figures like [[Christine de Pizan]] inspired poets such as [[Florencia Pinar]], [[Juana of Portugal|Juana de Portugal]], and [[Isabel de Villena]] (c. 1430–1490).

The ''[[Querelle des femmes]]'', a European debate on women’s intellectual capacity, influenced early Spanish feminist thought. Figures like [[Christine de Pizan]] inspired poets such as [[Florencia Pinar]], [[Juana of Portugal|Juana de Portugal]], and [[Isabel de Villena]] (c. 1430–1490).<ref>{{Cite book |title=Literatura y feminismo en España, S. XV-XXI |date=2005 |publisher=Icaria Editorial |isbn=978-84-7426-832-4 |editor-last=Vollendorf |editor-first=Lisa |series=Akademia. Mujeres y culturas |location=Barcelona}}</ref>

During the [[Enlightenment in Spain|Enlightenment]], the figure of the ''woman of letters'' emerged. Writers like [[Josefa de Amar y Borbón]] (''Discurso en defensa del talento de las mujeres'', 1786), [[María Rosa de Gálvez]], and [[Margarita Hickey]] began challenging social and literary norms.

During the [[Enlightenment in Spain|Enlightenment]], the figure of the ''woman of letters'' emerged. Writers like [[Josefa de Amar y Borbón]] (''Discurso en defensa del talento de las mujeres'', 1786), [[María Rosa de Gálvez]], and [[Margarita Hickey]] began challenging social and literary norms.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Martos Pérez |first=María Dolores |title=Literatura española y género |last2=Neira |first2=Julio |date=2021 |publisher=UNED |isbn=978-84-362-7798-2 |series=Grado}}</ref>

==== 19th Century ====

==== 19th Century ====

==== Democracy and Contemporary Era (Post-1975) ====

==== Democracy and Contemporary Era (Post-1975) ====

The advent of democracy ignited a “revolution” in women’s poetry. Beginning in the 1980s, poets including [[Blanca Andreu]], Ana Rossetti, Juana Castro, Concha García, Amalia Bautista, [[Aurora Luque]], [[Olvido García Valdés]], and [[Ada Salas]] contributed to an outpouring of diverse and experimental poetic voices. Major anthologies —such as ''Las diosas blancas'' (1985), ''Ellas tienen la palabra'' (1997), ''Mujeres de carne y verso'' (2001), and ''En voz alta'' (2007)— helped cement the visibility of contemporary women poets. Authors born up to the 1980s were consolidated in [[José María Balcells Doménech|José María Balcells]]’s ''Antología de poetas españolas, 1940–2002''. However, reception has not always matched output, women poets were often excluded or minimized in literary criticism, histories, and national anthologies between 1990 and 2010 withour a symbolic recognition through naming, citation, and canon inclusion remains essential for legitimacy.

The advent of democracy ignited a “revolution” in women’s poetry. Beginning in the 1980s, poets including [[Blanca Andreu]], Ana Rossetti, Juana Castro, Concha García, Amalia Bautista, [[Aurora Luque]], [[Olvido García Valdés]], and [[Ada Salas]] contributed to an outpouring of diverse and experimental poetic voices. Major anthologies —such as ''Las diosas blancas'' (1985), ''Ellas tienen la palabra'' (1997), ''Mujeres de carne y verso'' (2001), and ''En voz alta'' (2007)— helped cement the visibility of contemporary women poets. Authors born up to the 1980s were consolidated in [[José María Balcells Doménech|José María Balcells]]’s ''Antología de poetas españolas, 1940–2002''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rodríguez Callealta |first=Ana |title=¿Ser nombrado es existir? la recepción de la poesía escrita por mujeres en España (1990-2010) |date=2023 |publisher=Visor Libros |isbn=978-84-9895-284-1 |series=Biblioteca filológica hispana |location=Madrid}}</ref> However, reception has not always matched output, women poets were often excluded or minimized in literary criticism, histories, and national anthologies between 1990 and 2010 withour a symbolic recognition through naming, citation, and canon inclusion remains essential for legitimacy.

=== Key Critical Perspectives ===

=== Key Critical Perspectives ===

=== Selected Bibliography ===

=== Selected Bibliography ===

* Martos Pérez, María Dolores & Neira Jiménez, Julio Francisco. ''Literatura española y género''. UNED, 2021.

* Vollendorf, Lisa (ed.). ''Literatura y feminismo en España (s. XV–XXI)''. Icaria, 2005.

* Freixas, Laura. ''Literatura y mujeres''. Ediciones Destino, 2000.

* Freixas, Laura. ''Literatura y mujeres''. Ediciones Destino, 2000.

* Baranda, Nieves & Cruz, Anne J. (eds.). ''The Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women Writers''. Routledge, 2017.

* Baranda, Nieves & Cruz, Anne J. (eds.). ''The Routledge Research Companion to Early Modern Spanish Women Writers''. Routledge, 2017.

* Balcells, José María. ''Voces del margen: mujer y poesía en España: siglo XX''. Universidad de León, 2009.

* Balcells, José María. ''Antología de poetas españolas, 1940–2002''. Hiperión, 2003.

* Balcells, José María. ''Antología de poetas españolas, 1940–2002''. Hiperión, 2003.

* Sasportes, Aurore. ''Palabras de carne'' in Del Vecchio & Rodríguez Lázaro (eds.), ''Voces y versos''. IDEA, 2021.

* Sasportes, Aurore. ''Palabras de carne'' in Del Vecchio & Rodríguez Lázaro (eds.), ''Voces y versos''. IDEA, 2021.