Hermandad Lírica

The Hermandad Lírica (Lyrical Sisterhood) was the name given to a group of 19th century Spanish Romantic women poets who congregated and gave each other mutual support. Their salon examined literature and the issues facing Spain in the 19th century. Their first publications started around 1840. The driving force in the group was the poet Carolina Coronado. The body of their work was homoerotic; directed at other women, often other poets. After twenty years the group began to wane and their work fell out of favour among Spanish critics, due to an increasing masculinisation of the literary field and a rejection on the part of educated male society to the idea that women should or could produce literature.

In addition to Coronado, members of the group included Vicenta García Miranda, Teresa Verdejo y Durán, Amalia Fenollosa, Rogelia León, María del Pilar Sinués, Ángela Grassi, Manuela Cambronero, Dolores Cabrera y Heredia and Robustiana Armiño, among others.