British Periodicals and Spanish Literature

This volume explores the role of the British periodical press in the dissemination of Spanish literature in the Romanticism. It offers new views on the Anglo-Spanish literary and cultural exchange by analizing the Spanish literary canon that British periodicals shaped for their readers through various strategies of appropriation and rewriting.

With the main goal of contributing to a wider understanding of the presence
of Spanish literature and culture in British Romanticism, this book focuses
on the instrumental role played by the British periodical press in the
Anglo-Spanish literary and cultural exchange in the first half of the nineteenth
century. All the chapters bear witness to the contrasting and varied
perception of everything Spanish, the different strategies of exploration, appropriation
and rewriting of its cultural and literary tradition. Besides, they
all reveal the intricate web of cultural, political and religious factors tinging
the discourse of British Romantic literary critics and authors on the Spanish
cultural capital.

Autorentext

Cristina Flores Moreno is a Senior lecturer at the University of La Rioja
(Spain), where she teaches English Literature. Her main research interests
include Romantic literary theory and poetry as well as the Anglo-Spanish
literary and cultural connections during the Romantic period.

Mª Eugenia Perojo Arronte is a Senior lecturer at the University of Valladolid
(Spain). Her main fields of research are Romantic literature, literary reception
and the Anglo-Spanish literary and cultural exchange.

Klappentext

With the main goal of contributing to a wider understanding of the presence of Spanish literature and culture in British Romanticism, this book focuses on the instrumental role played by the British periodical press in the Anglo-Spanish literary and cultural exchange in the first half of the nineteenth century. All the chapters bear witness to the contrasting and varied perception of everything Spanish, the different strategies of exploration, appropriation and rewriting of its cultural and literary tradition. Besides, they all reveal the intricate web of cultural, political and religious factors tinging the discourse of British Romantic literary critics and authors on the Spanish cultural capital.

Inhalt

Introduction CULTURAL MEDIATORS CONSTRUCTING THE CANON APPROPRIATINGCLASSICAL AUTHORS APPROPRIATING CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS Notes on Contributors List of Figures Index .