Madness And Irrationality In Spanish And Latin American Literature And Culture

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This is the first monograph to consider the significance of madness and irrationality in both Spanish and Spanish American literature. It considers various definitions of ‘madness’ and explores the often contrasting responses, both positive (figural madness as stimulus for literary creativity) and negative (clinical madness representing spiritual confinement and sterility). The concept of national madness is explored with particular reference to Argentina: while, on the one hand, the country’s vast expanses have been seen as conducive to madness, the urban population of Buenos Aires, on the other, appears to be especially dependent on psychoanalytic therapy. The book considers both the work of lesser-known writers such as Nuria Amat, whose personal life is inflected by a form of literary madness, and that of larger literary figures such as José Lezama Lima, whose poetic concepts are suffused with the irrational. The conclusion draws attention to the ‘other side’ of reason as a source of possible originality in a world dominated by the tenets of logic and conventionalised thinking.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Lloyd Hughes Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Release : 2020-06-01
File : 252 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781786835765


Theatre Censorship In Spain 19311985

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This is a comprehensive study of the impact of censorship on theatre in twentieth-century Spain. It draws on extensive archival evidence, vivid personal testimonies and in-depth analysis of legislation to document the different kinds of theatre censorship practised during the Second Republic (1931–6), the civil war (1936–9), the Franco dictatorship (1939–75) and the transition to democracy (1975–85). Changes in criteria, administrative structures and personnel from these periods are traced in relation to wider political, social and cultural developments, and the responses of playwrights, directors and companies are explored. With a focus on censorship, new light is cast on particular theatremakers and their work, the conditions in which all kinds of theatre were produced, the construction of genres and canons, as well as on broader cultural history and changing ideological climate – all of which are linked to reflections on the nature of censorship and the relationship between culture and the state.

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Genre : History
Author : Catherine O'Leary
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Release : 2023-05-15
File : 558 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781786839831


Reform Rebellion And Party In Mexico 18361861

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Between 1836 and 1861, Mexico’s difficulties as a sovereign state became fully exposed. Its example provides a case study for all similarly emerging independent states that have broken away from long-standing imperial systems. The leaders of the Republic in Mexico envisaged the construction of a nation, in a process that often conflicted with ethnic, religious, and local loyalties. The question of popular participation always remained outstanding, and this book examines regional and local movements as the other side of the coin to capital city issues and aspirations. Formerly an outstanding Spanish colony on the North American sub-continent, financial difficulties, economic recession, and political divisions made the new Republic vulnerable to spoliation. This began with the loss of Texas in 1836, the acquisition of the Far North by the United States in 1846–8, and the European debt-collecting Intervention in 1861. This study examines the Mexican responses to these setbacks, culminating in the Liberal Reform Movement from 1855 and the opposition to it.

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Genre : History
Author : Brian Hamnett
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Release : 2022-04-15
File : 339 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781786838520


Ophelia

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It is astonishing how deeply the figure of Ophelia has been woven into the fabric of Spanish literature and the visual arts – from her first appearance in eighteenth-century translations of Hamlet, through depictions by seminal authors such as Espronceda, Bécquer and Lorca, to turn-of-the millennium figurations. This provocative, gendered figure has become what both male and female artists need her to be – is she invisible, a victim, mad, controlled by the masculine gaze, or is she an agent of her own identity? This well-documented study addresses these questions in the context of Iberia, whose poets, novelists and dramatists writing in Spanish, Catalan and Galician, as well as painters and photographers, have brought Shakespeare’s heroine to life in new guises. Ophelia performs as an authoritative female author, as new perspectives reflect and authorise the gender diversity that has gained legitimacy in Spanish society since the political Transition.

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Genre : Art
Author : Sharon Keefe Ugalde
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Release : 2020-05-15
File : 283 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781786835994


Mla International Bibliography Of Books And Articles On The Modern Languages And Literatures

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Vols. for 1969- include ACTFL annual bibliography of books and articles on pedagogy in foreign languages 1969-

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Genre : Languages, Modern
Author : Modern Language Association of America
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Release : 2003
File : 3176 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105026449327


Dissertation Abstracts International

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Genre : Dissertations, Academic
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Release : 1999
File : 534 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105028425259


Artbibliographies Modern

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Genre : Art
Author :
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Release : 1997
File : 832 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015016693858