Cartographies of Spanish Modernism: (Re) Contextualising the Generation of 1927
Journal: Bulletin of Spanish Studies
One of the ironies with the Spanish obsession of classifying literary and artistic histories around particular ‘generations’ is that the Generation of 1927, widely considered to be made up of innovative and avant-garde writers and artists, was constructed around the 300th anniversary of the death of Spain’s foremost Baroque poet, Luis de Góngora. Looking back to past greatness to make sense of a present reality was…