Power and dissent: Larra and democracy in nineteenth-century Spain

Of society : its production, its nature

"Un reo de muerte" and the subversion of authority

A trip abroad and a cuasi disengagement from the political scene

A renewed engagement with politics

"Los barateros o el desafío y la pena de muerte" : zenith of Larra's liberalism

May 1836 : a turning point

Larra's "silence" and the consequences

Conclusion : from opposition to complicity.