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Book SynopsisJo Labanyi and Luisa Elena Delgado provide the first cultural history of modern literatures in Spain. With contributors Helena Buffery, Kirsty Hooper, and Mari Jose Olaziregi, they showcase the country's cultural richness and complexity by working across its four major literary cultures Castilian, Catalan, Galician, and Basque from the eighteenth century to the present. Engaging critically with the concept of the national,Modern Literatures in Spaintraces the uneven institutionalization of Spain's diverse literatures in a context of Castilian literary hegemony, as well as examining diasporic and exile writing . The thematically organized chapters explore literary constructions of subjectivity, gender, and sexuality; urban and rural imaginaries; intersections between high and popular culture; and the formation of a public sphere. Throughout, readings are attentive to the multiple ways in which literature serves as a barometer of cultural responses to historical change. An introd
Trade Review“This is a book that, as only outstanding books are able to do, opens up the horizon for its readers and invites new forms of thought and critical inquiry.”
Maite Zubiaurre, UCLA
“Crisp, refreshing, dramatic, informative, thoughtful, and ambitious, this is a must-have for the modern period in Spain. It breaks new ground through its energetic and even-handed attention to the four cultures of the Peninsula, changes the landscape, and opens new doors for all.”
Alison Sinclair, University of Cambridge
“Writing a compelling review of a national literature in modern times is complex, if not impossible, especially in a context such as that of the Iberian Peninsula, which is known for its linguistic diversity. However, Modern Literatures in Spain confronts that challenge. … a suggestive and inspiring cultural history of the major national literary spheres, suitable for scholars, professors, and students… Modern Literatures in Spain serves as an excellent compilation of modern literary production: one that points to the pivotal themes and historical processes that defined modernity in Spain, explains the literary trends that resulted from them, and articulates a new paradigm for studying and understanding its national literatures.”
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 Modernity and the Singular Nation (1700-1840s)
2 From Sensibility to Desire: The Construction of the Modern Subject (1730s-1880s)
3 The Rise of the Public Sphere and the Professionalization of the Writer (1730s-1890s)
4 Countering Castilian: From Retrenchment to the Renaissance of Peripheral National Literatures (1710s-1890s)
5 The Uses of the Past: Writing the Nation (1760s-1890s)
6 Popular Culture: Exclusion and Appropriation (1760s-1930s)
7 Urban Modernity and the Provincial: Changing Concepts of Time and Space (1830s-1930s)
8 The Nation Called into Question (1890s-1920s)
9 Writers and Political Commitment (1930s-1960s)
10 Spain beyond Spain: Exile and Diaspora (1939-1980s)
11 Catalan, Galician, and Basque Literatures: Recovery and Institutionalization (1960s-1990s)
12 Rewriting Gender and Sexuality (1970s-2020)
13 Memory and Forgetting (1970s-2020)
14 Normalization, Crisis, and the Search for New Paradigms (1975-2021)
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