Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth : From Miguel de Unamuno to 'La Joven Literatura' / Leslie J. Harkema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harkema, Leslie J., author.

Series:

Toronto Iberic ; 31.

Toronto Iberic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936--Criticism and interpretation.

Unamuno, Miguel de.

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

Spanish literature.

Youth in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth: From Miguel de Unamuno to La Joven Literatura, Leslie J. Harkema analyzes the literature of the modernist period in Spain in light of the emergence of youth culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Harkema argues for the prominent role played by Miguel de Unamuno—as a poet, essayist, and public figure—in Spanish writers’ response to this phenomenon. She demonstrates how early twentieth-century Spanish literature participated in the glorification of adolescence and questioning of Bildung seen elsewhere in European modernism, in ways that were not only aesthetic but also political. Harkema critically re-examines the relationship between Unamuno and several Spanish writers associated with the so-called Generation of 1927 (known as at the time as “la joven literatura” or “the young literature”). By situating this period within the wider framework of European modernism, Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth brings to light the central role that the early twentieth century’s re-imagining of adolescence and youth played in the development of literary modernism in Spain.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

A Note on Translation

Abbreviations

Introduction: Spain, Modernism, Youth

1. Unamuno’s Poetics of Youth, 1895−1907

2. The Heroic Age: The Residencia de Estudiantes, José Moreno Villa, and Spanish Adolescence During the First World War

3. “Un joven auténtico de 366 años”: Fashioning a Young Literature

4. Hercules and Hermes: Versions of Artistic and Political Youth

Conclusion: Supervivencia

Notes

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

1-4875-1434-4

1-4875-1433-6

OCLC:

1034870359