The Spatiality of the Hispanic Avant-Garde
Author | : Claudio Palomares-Salas |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2020-06-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004406773 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004406778 |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Spatiality of the Hispanic Avant-Garde: Ultraísmo & Estridentismo, 1918-1927 is a thorough exploration of the meanings and values Hispanic poets and artists assigned to four iconic locations of modernity: the city, the cafés, means of transportation, and the sea, during the first decades of the 20th century. Joining important studies on Spatiality, Palomares-Salas convincingly argues that an unsolvable tension between place and space is at the core of the Hispanic avant-garde cultural production. A refreshing, transatlantic perspective on Ultraism and Stridentism, the book moves the Hispanic vanguards forward into broader, international discussions on space and modernism, and offers innovative readings of well-known, as well as rarely studied works.