"Costumbrismo andaluz" existed in literature as much as in visual art, with notable examples being the "Escenas andaluzas" of Serafín Estébanez Calderón and the works of Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.
Literarna romantika v Španiji je imela enega svojih velikih centrov v Andaluziji z avtorji kot Ángel de Saavedra, vojvoda Rivas, José Cadalso in Gustavo Adolfo Becquer.