Romanticism in Spanish literature with works like "A la vejez viruelas" ("To the ancient smallpox"), "Muérete y verás" ("Die and you will see") and "El pelo de la dehesa" ("The hair of the grove"). He satirized Romanticism, though some of its characteristics appear in his comedies, as in "Muérete y verás". During the second half of the nineteenth century, the movement's pre-existing interests in history and legend entered a new stage, and poetry became more sentimental and intimate. This change was due to the influence of German poetry and a renewed popular interest in Spanish poetry. The Postromantic school departed significantly from its other
Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language the Philippines, a role that it also played in previous years. Darío Villanueva, director of the Real Academia Española, visited the Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language in July 2017 as part of his official visit to the Philippines. During his visit, where he also presided over a meeting of the Academy's board of directors, he remarked that the Academy served as "the perennial lighthouse of the Spanish language" in the country. Philippine Spanish () is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines, albeit by an extreme minority. The historical variant is very similar to Mexican Spanish, because