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The Subject in Question. Early Contemporary Spanish Literature and Modernism.
Soufas, C. Christopher, Jr.
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Paperback. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 525.
The Subject in Question presents the first systematic study of ""Spanish modernism"" in an attempt to end Spain's literary isolation from the mainstream of early contemporary European literature. Traditionally, Spanish literature has been approached by the ""literary generational model,"" an ultra-nationalist perspective that separates Spanish writing from its larger European modernist context. C. Christopher Soufas argues against further adherence to the generational groupings, establishing instead solid criteria for embracing the period category of modernism as a more appropriate model.
Offering a refreshing and original approach, Soufas studies various key works from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spain to demonstrate ... Read more
The Subject in Question presents the first systematic study of ""Spanish modernism"" in an attempt to end Spain's literary isolation from the mainstream of early contemporary European literature. Traditionally, Spanish literature has been approached by the ""literary generational model,"" an ultra-nationalist perspective that separates Spanish writing from its larger European modernist context. C. Christopher Soufas argues against further adherence to the generational groupings, establishing instead solid criteria for embracing the period category of modernism as a more appropriate model.
Offering a refreshing and original approach, Soufas studies various key works from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spain to demonstrate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813217376
SKU
V9780813217376
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About Soufas, C. Christopher, Jr.
C. Christopher Soufas, professor of Spanish at Tulane University, USA, , is author of Conflict of Light and Wind and Audience and Authority in the Modernist Theater of Federico García Lorca.
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