Spanish Romantic literary theory and criticism / Derek Flitter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flitter, Derek, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature ; 5.

Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature--19th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Spanish literature.

Spanish literature--Foreign influences.

Romanticism--Spain.

Romanticism.

Criticism--Spain--History--19th century.

Criticism.

Literature and society--Spain.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Spanish Romantic Literary Theory & Criticism

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study provides a fresh assessment of Spanish Romanticism through a sympathetic appraisal of its literary theory and criticism. It identifies the origins of Spanish Romantic thought in the theories of German Romantic thinkers, in particular Herder's historicism. The range of reference, from the articles of Bohl von Faber to the judgements made by Canete and Valera is counterpointed by the detail of close readings of books and articles published between 1834 and 1844, together with an examination of the ideas which informed the creative work of Fernan Caballero. Derek Flitter's use of the history of ideas offers a corrective to the recent preponderance of political approaches to Spanish Romanticism, countering their stress on its radical and liberal associations with a detailed demonstration that the majority of Spanish Romantic writers derived their inspiration from restorative, traditionalist and Christian elements in their contemporaries' theory and criticism.

Contents:

Böhl von Faber and the establishment of a traditionalist Romanticism

The consolidation of Romantic ideas : 1820-1833

The exiles, liberal Romanticism and developments in criticism

Condemnation and clarification in the literary debate

Reaffirmation of Schlegelian principles in literary criticism

The religious spirit in literary ideas and the influence of Chateaubriand

The perception of literature's rôle in society

Romantic traditionalism in the work of Fernán Caballero

Conclusions : the mid-century.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-216) and index.

ISBN:

9781139085335

1139085336

9780511553905

0511553900

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07649 hdl