Spanish poetry of the twentieth century
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Twentieth-century Spanish poetry has received comparatively little attention from critics writing in English. Andrew Debicki now presents the first English-language history published in the United States to examine the sweep of modern Spanish verse. More important, he is the first to situate Spanish poetry in the context of European modernity, to trace its trajectory from the symbolists to the postmodernists.Avoiding the rigid generational schemes and catalogs of names found in traditional Hispanic literary histories, Debicki offers detailed discussions of salient books and texts to construct
Title |
Spanish poetry of the twentieth century : modernity and beyond / Andrew P. Debicki. |
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Edition |
1st ed. |
Publisher |
Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky |
Creation Date |
1994 |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
Content |
Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction 1. The Apogee of Modernity in Spain, 1915-1928 One View of Modernity High Modernity in Spain, 1915-1924 The Poetics of the Generation of 1927 The Poem as Icon 2. Currents in Spanish Modernity, 1915-1939 A Strand of Indeterminacy, 1915-1928 A Loss of Purity: Spanish Modernity, 1929-1936 A New Determinism: Committed Poetry 3. After the War, 1940-1965 From Message to Form: Garcilaso, Formalism, Cantico, 1940-1949 A New Realistic Poetics, 1944-1960 Testimonial Poetry, 1944-1960: The Communication of Personal, Religious, and Existential EmotionsNotes of Indeterminacy: Postismo, Surrealism Social and Political Poetry, 1950-1965 Poets in Exile 4. New Directions for Spanish Poetry, 1956-1970 A New Era, a New Poetics Experience and Discovery by the New Castilian Poets Andalusian Poets, 1956-1970 The School of Barcelona Older Poets, New Consciousness, New Forms 5. The Postmodern Time of the Novisimos, 1966-1980 A Poetics of Language Art as Elevation and Refuge: Gimferrer, Carnero, Azua, Cuenca Popular Culture, the Irrational, SurrealismReturn to the Personal: Alvarez, Villena, Colinas Contained Form, Silence, Self-Referentiality Established Poets, New Directions 6. The Evolution of Postmodern Poetry, 1978-1990 A Very Immediate Past From Silence to Essence New Directions, Established Poets: Expressions of Feeling and Experience Expressive Poetry: New Voices I Expressive Poetry: New Voices II From Expression to Satire, Irony, and Subversion Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index |
Series |
Studies in Romance Languages 37 |
Extent |
1 online resource (270 p.) |
Language |
English |
Copyright Date |
©1994 |
National Library system number |
997010701604505171 |
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