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From http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/leyendas-y-arquetipos/?

When he began compiling his textbook anthology Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español, Robert Sanders knew that his students weren’t taking upper-level Spanish to become professors of Spanish literature. They were mostly minoring in Spanish with other career goals in mind. This sort of insight into students’ needs is what makes open resources authored by language instructors so valuable for modern education.

Leyendas y arquetipos is an openly-licensed introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature for intermediate university students of Spanish. Dr. Sanders chose the works of poetry, drama in verse, and short stories for their literary interest and the social importance of their themes. After piloting the book with students, he compiled vocabulary, historical, and cultural annotations to facilitate comprehension.

Read the full blog post about Dr. Sanders' process of writing the textbook at http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/leyendas-y-arquetipos/? and access Leyendas y arquetipos at https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=484