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The Workings of Memory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

The Workings of Memory

The study examines the ways in which these writers portray their positioning in relation to dominant cultural models of the time and their engagement with political and social issues in a period of changing gender dynamics and political instability. In broader terms, this book examines the complex relationships between memory, writing, and identity, and thus contributes to the growing field of explorations of the workings of memory in narrative."--BOOK JACKET.

Sacred Passions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 368

Sacred Passions

This biography offers a fresh understanding of the life and work of Spanish composer Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), recognized as the greatest composer in the Spanish cultural renaissance that extended from the latter part of the 19th century until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The biography incorporates recent research on Falla, draws on untapped sources in the Falla archives, reevaluates Falla's work in terms of current issues in musicology, and considers Falla's accomplishments in their historical and cultural contexts.

Anuario de la Residencia de Estudiantes
  • Language: es
  • Pages: 358

Anuario de la Residencia de Estudiantes "Fernando de los Ríos" (1994-1995)

I. Ciclo anual «La transición a la democracia». II. La cultura como convivencia. III. La creación artística. IV. Reflexiones sobre el humanismo español. V. Documentos para el recuerdo.

Le Corbusier, Madrid, 1928
  • Language: es
  • Pages: 293
La Residencia de Estudiantes
  • Language: es
  • Pages: 428

La Residencia de Estudiantes

Recoge el estudio sobre la Residencia de Estudiantes y sus actividades en el período del reformismo regeneracionista.

Barcelona and Madrid
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 289

Barcelona and Madrid

For hundreds of years, Barcelona and Madrid have shared a deep rivalry. Throughout history, they have competed in practically every aspect of social life, sport, politics, and culture. While competition between cities is commonplace in many nations around the world, in the case of Barcelona and Madrid it has been, on occasion, excessively antagonistic. Over time they have each tried to demonstrate that one was more modern than the other, or more avant-garde, or richer, or more athletic, and so on. Fortunately, the Spain of today is a democracy and every nation and region of the State has the liberty to act. As such, the rivalry between these two capitals has become productive not only for th...

Madrid's Forgotten Avante-Garde
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 479

Madrid's Forgotten Avante-Garde

  • Categories: Art

Explores the role played by artists and intellectuals who constructed and disseminated various competing images of national identity which polarised Spanish society prior to the Civil War. This title exposes the paradoxes facing Madrid's cultural vanguards.

Modernism and the New Spain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 300

Modernism and the New Spain

Drawing on transnational literary studies, periodical studies translation studies, and comparative literary history 'Modernism and the New Spain' illuminates why Spain has remained a problematic space on the scholarly map of international modernisms.

Archivo de la palabra
  • Language: es
  • Pages: 138

Archivo de la palabra

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: Unknown

24 selections from the recorded sound archives of the Centro de Estudios Históricos and the Archivo de la Palabra, which includes readings by various novelists, dramatists, and other prominent figures of intellectual life in Spain, from 1931-1933.