Escrituras para el Siglo XXI

This volume of essays in Spanish and English examines some of the key issues which surround the emergence of the Avant-Garde novel in Spain at the beginning of the twentieth century. The experimental novel of the 1920s is seen as the culmination of a process of change in approaches to the novel which began early in the century and was further promoted by Spain's key Avant-Gardist Ramón Gómez de la Serna. Several essays focus on the form of the novel and seek to shed new light on the role of José Ortega y Gasset as mentor to the new writers of the 1920s and on our understanding of his use...

Who writes "I"? How is the scene of writing represented in autobiographical texts? To whom are autobiographies addressed? What kinds of readers are inscribed in autobiographical narratives? In Apology to Apostrophe, James D. Fernandez offers a lucid and powerful meditation on the nature of autobiographical writing through his investigation of the historical conditions and literary stagings of autobiographical writing in Spain. As Fernandez demonstrates, recent developments in critical theory provide new and fruitful approaches to autobiographical works that have long been neglected,...

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Excerpt from Indice de las Notas de D. Diego Clemencin en Su Edicion de el Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Madrid, 1833-39, 6 Vols., 4. O): Con Muchas Referencias A Pasajes Obscuros, y Dificultosos del Texto Y A la Historia de la Literatura Espanola de Mr. Ticknor (Edicion de 1863, 3 Vols.) De lo favorable del dictamen que emitieron estos senores, puede juzgarse por los parrafos siguientes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work....