The politics of Spanish American modernismo : by exquisite design / Gerard Aching.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aching, Gerard.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature ; 11.

Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

Modernism (Literature)--Latin America.

Modernism (Literature).

Latin America.

Politics and literature--Latin America.

Politics and literature.

Latin America--Intellectual life--20th century.

Intellectual life.

Pan-Hispanism.

Physical Description:

vii, 183 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Summary:

The Politics of Spanish American "Modernismo" elucidates the professional and literary means through which Spanish American modernistas negotiated a cultural politics of rapprochement with Spain and Europe in order to differentiate their Americanness from that of the United States. Gerard Aching argues that these turn-of-the-century men of letters were in fact responsible for the burgeoning role that intellectuals and writers had (and continue to have) in defining pan-Hispanicism. Aching's arguments contribute to current debates about modernity and the colonial/postcolonial condition in nineteenth-century Hispanic literatures.

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index.

ISBN:

0521572495

OCLC:

37905200