Author: Barbara Bockus Aponte
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292733399
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Alfonso Reyes, the great humanist and man of letters of contemporary Spanish America, began his literary career just before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He spearheaded the radical shift in Mexico's cultural and philosophical orientation as a leading member of the famous "Athenaeum Generation." The crucial years of his literary formation, however, were those he spent in Spain (1914-1924). He arrived in Madrid unknown and unsure of his future. When he left, he had achieved both professional maturity and wide acclaim as a writer. This book has, as its basis, the remarkable correspondence between Reyes and some of the leading spirits of the Spanish intellectual world, covering not only his years in Spain but also later exchanges of letters. Although Reyes always made it clear that he was a Mexican and a Spanish American, he became a full-fledged member of the closed aristocracy of Spanish literature. It was the most brilliant period in Spain's cultural history since the Golden Age, and it is richly represented here by Reyes' association with five of its most important figures: Miguel de Unamuno and Ramón del Valle-Inclán were of the great "Generation of 98"; among the younger writers were José Ortega y Gasset, essayist and philosopher; the Nobel poet Juan Ramón Jiménez; and Ramón Gómez de la Serna, a precursor of surrealism. Alfonso Reyes maintained lifelong friendships with these men, and their exchanges of letters are of a dual significance. They reveal how the years in Spain allowed Reyes to pursue his vocation independently, thereby prompting him to seek universal values. Coincidentally, they provide a unique glimpse into the inner world of those friends—and their dreams of a new Spain.
Alfonso Reyes and Spain
Author: Barbara Bockus Aponte
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292733399
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Alfonso Reyes, the great humanist and man of letters of contemporary Spanish America, began his literary career just before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He spearheaded the radical shift in Mexico's cultural and philosophical orientation as a leading member of the famous "Athenaeum Generation." The crucial years of his literary formation, however, were those he spent in Spain (1914-1924). He arrived in Madrid unknown and unsure of his future. When he left, he had achieved both professional maturity and wide acclaim as a writer. This book has, as its basis, the remarkable correspondence between Reyes and some of the leading spirits of the Spanish intellectual world, covering not only his years in Spain but also later exchanges of letters. Although Reyes always made it clear that he was a Mexican and a Spanish American, he became a full-fledged member of the closed aristocracy of Spanish literature. It was the most brilliant period in Spain's cultural history since the Golden Age, and it is richly represented here by Reyes' association with five of its most important figures: Miguel de Unamuno and Ramón del Valle-Inclán were of the great "Generation of 98"; among the younger writers were José Ortega y Gasset, essayist and philosopher; the Nobel poet Juan Ramón Jiménez; and Ramón Gómez de la Serna, a precursor of surrealism. Alfonso Reyes maintained lifelong friendships with these men, and their exchanges of letters are of a dual significance. They reveal how the years in Spain allowed Reyes to pursue his vocation independently, thereby prompting him to seek universal values. Coincidentally, they provide a unique glimpse into the inner world of those friends—and their dreams of a new Spain.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292733399
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Alfonso Reyes, the great humanist and man of letters of contemporary Spanish America, began his literary career just before the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He spearheaded the radical shift in Mexico's cultural and philosophical orientation as a leading member of the famous "Athenaeum Generation." The crucial years of his literary formation, however, were those he spent in Spain (1914-1924). He arrived in Madrid unknown and unsure of his future. When he left, he had achieved both professional maturity and wide acclaim as a writer. This book has, as its basis, the remarkable correspondence between Reyes and some of the leading spirits of the Spanish intellectual world, covering not only his years in Spain but also later exchanges of letters. Although Reyes always made it clear that he was a Mexican and a Spanish American, he became a full-fledged member of the closed aristocracy of Spanish literature. It was the most brilliant period in Spain's cultural history since the Golden Age, and it is richly represented here by Reyes' association with five of its most important figures: Miguel de Unamuno and Ramón del Valle-Inclán were of the great "Generation of 98"; among the younger writers were José Ortega y Gasset, essayist and philosopher; the Nobel poet Juan Ramón Jiménez; and Ramón Gómez de la Serna, a precursor of surrealism. Alfonso Reyes maintained lifelong friendships with these men, and their exchanges of letters are of a dual significance. They reveal how the years in Spain allowed Reyes to pursue his vocation independently, thereby prompting him to seek universal values. Coincidentally, they provide a unique glimpse into the inner world of those friends—and their dreams of a new Spain.
Alfonso Reyes and Spain; His Dialogue With Unamuno, Valle-Inclan, Ortega Y Gasset, Jimenez, and Gomez De La Serna
Author: Barbara Bockus Aponte
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Category : Reyes, Alfonso, 1889-1959
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Category : Reyes, Alfonso, 1889-1959
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Alfonso Reyes and Spain: His Dialoguewith Unamuno, Valle-inclan, Ortega Y Gasset, Jimenez, and Gomez de la Serna
Author: B. B. Aponte
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Pages : 0
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The Spanish Friendships of Alfonso Reyes
Author: Barbara Bockus Aponte
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Languages : en
Pages : 1286
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Pages : 1286
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Miracle of Mexico
Author: Alfonso Reyes
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ISBN: 9781848616882
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Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (1889-1959) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. This is the first major collection of his poetry in English. "A man for whom language has been all that language can be: sound and sign, inert trace and wizardry, a clockwork mechanism and a living thing." (Octavio Paz)
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ISBN: 9781848616882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (1889-1959) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. This is the first major collection of his poetry in English. "A man for whom language has been all that language can be: sound and sign, inert trace and wizardry, a clockwork mechanism and a living thing." (Octavio Paz)
Alfonso Reyes as a Critic of Peninsular Spanish Literature
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Pages : 436
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The Spanish Friendships of Alfonso Reyes
Author: Bárbara Bockus Aponte
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Languages : en
Pages : 1286
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Languages : en
Pages : 1286
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Alfonso Reyes as a Critic of Peninsular Spanish Literature
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Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Pages : 218
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Alfonse Reyes as a Critic of Peninsular Spanish Literature
Author: Phillip Young Koldewyn
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Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Pages : 456
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The Politics of Philology
Author: Robert T. Conn
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838755044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
"The Politics of Philology will appeal to scholars of Latin American literature interested in questions of nation formation, and to scholars of Mexican history who have increasingly tended to work with cultural models of historical research."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838755044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
"The Politics of Philology will appeal to scholars of Latin American literature interested in questions of nation formation, and to scholars of Mexican history who have increasingly tended to work with cultural models of historical research."--BOOK JACKET.