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Madrid 1900 : the capital as cradle of literature and culture

Author: Michael Ugarte
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996.
Series: Penn State studies in Romance literatures
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Madrid 1900 assesses the cultural history of Madrid and its relation to the cultural history of Spain through examining the literature written in and on Madrid at the turn of the nineteenth century. The center for Spanish national identity, turn-of-the-century Madrid offered a haven for young writers to try out their ideas and launch their careers. Ugarte traces the history of this writerly consciousness in the
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Ugarte
ISBN: 0271015594 9780271015590
OCLC Number: 33163006
Description: xii, 203 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Reading Madrid's History -- 2. Urban Sociology and Narrative: Pio Baroja -- 3. Feminist Madrid: Carmen de Burgos -- 4. Things of the City: Ramon Gomez de la Serna -- 5. Madrid, Capital of Bohemia: Ramon Maria del Valle-Inclan -- 6. Madrid's Grand Country Bumpkin: Azorin -- Conclusion: Madrid City Limits.
Series Title: Penn State studies in Romance literatures
Responsibility: Michael Ugarte.

Abstract:

Madrid 1900 assesses the cultural history of Madrid and its relation to the cultural history of Spain through examining the literature written in and on Madrid at the turn of the nineteenth century. The center for Spanish national identity, turn-of-the-century Madrid offered a haven for young writers to try out their ideas and launch their careers. Ugarte traces the history of this writerly consciousness in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, combining historical, biographical, and literary sources.

The major theoretical underpinnings of the study center on a wedding of historical and biographical information to textual analyses. Ugarte draws on ideas and models from a variety of theorists ranging from Marxists and New Historicists to theorists of narratology. Of particular timeliness as we approach a new century, Madrid 1900 gives special consideration to the cultural transition from an old century to a new one and how the re-creation of a city - any city - contributes to the formation of consciousness.

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