Description
Postwar and poetry
Book summary
This essay offers a thorough and updated review of Spanish poetry written between 1939 and 1953, a period marked by intense critical debates. The author analyzes the main interpretive constructions that have conditioned the reading of this era, such as the dichotomy between rupture and continuity with the Silver Age, the concept of a cultural wasteland, the opposition between Garcilasistas and Espadañistas, or the internal exile. The reader will find a rigorous study that dismantles old axioms and proposes an integrative and complex vision of postwar lyrical production, giving special attention to issues such as the role of female poets and the isolation of magazines and literary groups.
What is it about?
The book delves into the complex landscape of postwar Spanish poetry to critically examine the readings and debates that have shaped its interpretation. Throughout its pages, Antonio Rivero Machina analyzes the most relevant historiographical constructions: the supposed dilemma between rupture or continuity with the Silver Age, the controversial notion of a cultural wasteland, the polarization between the Garcilasista and Espadañista currents, and the chronological limits of the period itself. The study also addresses the concept of internal exile, the tendency to isolate magazines and literary groups, and a burning issue such as the place of female poets in this context. The final objective is to renew the perspective on postwar poetry, rethinking established axioms and offering an integrated, broad, and complex reading of that historical and literary time.
Main themes
- Critical review of the literary historiography of the Spanish postwar period (1939–1953).
- Analysis of the dichotomy between rupture and continuity with the Silver Age of Spanish literature.
- Study of the opposing poetic currents: Garcilasismo and Espadañismo.
- The concept of internal exile and its application to the lyrical production of the era.
- The role and visibility of female poets in the postwar literary landscape.
- The configuration of magazines and literary groups as hubs of creation and debate.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at students and specialists in contemporary Spanish literature, researchers in literary theory and historiography, as well as readers with a solid interest in 20th-century poetry. It will also be of great use to those who wish to understand the critical debates that have shaped the interpretation of a complex and fundamental literary period.
What this book contributes
- A renewed and demystifying vision of postwar Spanish poetry, far from commonplaces.
- A critical analysis of the main theoretical and historiographical constructions of the period.
- An integrative reading that connects different currents, groups, and authors within the same context.
- Tools to rethink old axioms and approach the study of the postwar period from a more complex perspective.
Technical specifications
- Author: Rivero Machina, Antonio
- Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: LITERARY ESSAYS, LITERARY THEORY, LITERARY STUDIES: C 1900–, LITERARY STUDIES: POETRY AND POETS
- Collection: AUTHORS TEXTS AND THEMES LITERATURE
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: October 2017
- Number of pages: 480
- Weight: 575 g
Editorial assessment
This is a reference work for those seeking a rigorous and updated understanding of postwar poetry. The author does not limit himself to describing the period, but rather delves into the critical debates that have defined it, offering a necessary revision that enriches the field of literary studies. Its critical approach and integrative will make it an essential read for academics and advanced enthusiasts interested in unraveling the complexities of 20th-century Spanish lyricism.