1844), paradigmatic poems such as in the Semanario Pintoresco Español (1843), La Verdad (1844), as well as in La Civilización (1842) and Almacén de Frutos Literarios (1843, 1844). In 1844 the couple returned to Barcelona, where he was an important member of a literary circle and resumed the cultural life of Barcelona as a personage of importance and this fact increased with the publication of A S.A.R. el esclarecido Duque de Montpensier por su feliz enlace con S.A. Serenísima la Infanta de España, Doña Luisa Fernanda de Borbón (1846). Outstanding Works Poesías (1841) (Barcelona: Imprenta de J. Rubio, 1841): an enriched work that includes a personal prologue in which she exposes the situation of women and their relationship with education and their access to letters. In short, it defends the extension of public education to the female sex. This first installment was so successful that it prompted a second edition 20 years after the death of María Josefa Massanés. Flores Marchitas. Nueva Colección de poesías (Barcelona: Imprenta de A. Brusi, 1850): a collection of poems with historical and religious themes. Thanks to its solvency in the different registers and its precision in the form, it was acclaimed by the critical articles of the time. Descenso de la Stma. Virgen a Barcelona para la fundación de la Orden de la Merced y Misericordia (Barcelona: Tipografía de Narciso Ramírez y Rialp, 1862). It is a lyrical-sacred drama, accompanied by the score of Bernardo Calvó Puig. The action is set in the first days of August 1218 and is in the Palace of the Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon. It is known that the poet wrote other religious works, however, only this one has survived. Garlanda poética ilerdanesa (Lleida: Josep Sol y Torréns, 1881), written in collaboration with J. Martí y Folguero and A. Guimerá. Importancia de la perfecció dels brodats (Barcelona: Imprenta de la Renaixensa, 1881). Works in Catalan In 1858, following the steps previously taken by some authors such as Rubió y Ors, V. Balaguer, V. Amer, among others, they worked in favour of the Catalan idea and the writing of literature in Catalan. All this culminated, to a large extent, with the restitution of the Floral Games (Juegos Florales) (1858). Massanés contributed directly to this movement by writing and publishing poems in her mother tongue. Her first publication in Catalan began with the collection formed by Antonio de