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Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth by Leslie J. Harkema

Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth

From Miguel De Unamuno to 'la Joven Literatura'

Leslie J. Harkema

University of Toronto Press · Print & ebook · November 6, 2017

In Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth: From Miguel de Unamuno to La Joven Literatura, Leslie J. Harkema analyzes the literature of the modernist period in Spain in light of the emergence of youth culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

20th-Century Literary CriticismIberian Lit Crit
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Harkema traces how changing ideas of youth shaped Spanish modernist literature and its politics.
Genres
Iberian Lit Crit, 20th-Century Literary Criticism
Published
University of Toronto Press, November 6, 2017

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About this book

In Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth: From Miguel de Unamuno to La Joven Literatura, Leslie J. Harkema analyzes the literature of the modernist period in Spain in light of the emergence of youth culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Harkema argues for the prominent role played by Miguel de Unamuno—as a poet, essayist, and public figure—in Spanish writers’ response to this phenomenon.

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She demonstrates how early twentieth-century Spanish literature participated in the glorification of adolescence and questioning of Bildung seen elsewhere in European modernism, in ways that were not only aesthetic but also political. Harkema critically re-examines the relationship between Unamuno and several Spanish writers associated with the so-called Generation of 1927 (known as at the time as “la joven literatura” or “the young literature”). By situating this period within the wider framework of European modernism, Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth brings to light the central role that the early twentieth century’s re-imagining of adolescence and youth played in the development of literary modernism in Spain.

Youth in Spanish Modernism

Harkema traces how changing ideas of youth shaped Spanish modernist literature and its politics.

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  • Unamuno’s role as poet, essayist, and public figure
  • The links between youth culture and Spanish modernism

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  • A European modernist context for Spanish literature
  • A re-examination of Unamuno and writers associated with the Generation of 1927

Where it sits

Iberian Lit Crit75%
20th-Century Literary Criticism74%

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Publisher categories

  • Spanish & Portuguese History
  • Literary Criticism
  • Iberian Lit Crit
  • Hispanic American Studies
Authors
Leslie J. Harkema
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Published
November 6, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Spanish & Portuguese History