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The Limits of ‘Spanishness’ in Nineteenth-century Spanish Literary History
This article analyses some of the most representative histories of Spanish literature written during the nineteenth century (both in and outside Spain), to show the different definitions they offer of the limits of Spain and Spanishness: the chronological, linguistic and geographical limits set to t...
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Published in: | Bulletin of Hispanic studies (Liverpool : Liverpool University Press : 1996) 2013-02, Vol.90 (2), p.167-188 |
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Summary: | This article analyses some of the most representative histories of Spanish literature written during the nineteenth century (both in and outside Spain), to show the different definitions they offer of the limits of Spain and Spanishness: the chronological, linguistic and geographical limits set to the Spanish nation and literature, but also the inner limits of Spanishness; the conceptual, aesthetical or ideological limits that divide Spanish literature from not-so-Spanish literature, even within the external limits previously defined. I will also study, however briefly, how these configurations of the limits of Spanishness affect the selection and assessment of literary works.
El presente artículo analiza algunos de las producciones más representativas de la historiografía literaria española del siglo XIX, producida tanto en España como en el extranjero, para mostrar la definición de lo español que subyace en ellas, en especial en relación con los límites atribuidos a la nación y a la literatura española: no solo los límites externos, cronológicos, geográficos o lingüísticos, sino tambien los limites internos: la conceptualización estética o ideológica de lo español mediante la cual es posible distinguir la literatura nacional de la no nacional. También se estudiará, si bien de manera sucinta, el modo en que estas definiciones de los límites de lo español afectan a la selección y configuración del canon literario. |
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ISSN: | 1475-3839 1478-3398 |
DOI: | 10.3828/bhs.2013.9 |