Properties of modernity : romantic Spain, modern Europe, and the legacies of empire / Michael Iarocci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iarocci, Michael P.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Larra, Mariano José de, 1809-1837.

Cadalso, José, 1741-1782.

Spanish literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Spanish literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Romanticism--Spain.

Romanticism.

Criticism and interpretation.

Spain.

National characteristics, Spanish, in literature.

Cadalso, José, 1741-1782--Criticism and interpretation.

Cadalso, José.

Rivas, Angel de Saavedra, duque de, 1791-1865. Don Alvaro.

Rivas, Angel de Saavedra.

Larra, Mariano José de, 1809-1837--Criticism and interpretation.

Larra, Mariano José de.

Physical Description:

xvii, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Drawing on classic socio-historical theories of modernity, on the philosophy of history, on world-systems analysis, and on recent debates within postcolonial historiogrpahy, PROPERTIES OF MODERNITY places the question of Hispanic modernity within a deeper historical matrix than it has traditionally been accorded. It examines the literary, cultural and theoretical effects of Spains symbolic expulsion from the story of Western modernity, and it develops a new model for conceptualizing Spanish romantic writing and its relationship to the modern. In doing so, the book underscores the links between modernity, colonialism, and empire.

Contents:

Introduction : struggling against the news

From the narratives of modernity to Spanish romanticism

Beginnings without end : José Cadalso and the melancholy of modernity

Rethinking the modern in Saavedra's Don Alvaro

Late Larra, or death as critique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-265) and index.

ISBN:

0826515215

0826515223

OCLC:

61262350