Creative Cognition and the Cultural Panorama of Twentieth-Century Spain

This multidisciplinary study focuses on the creative state as the nucleus of the work of numerous poets, artists, and philosophers from twentieth-century Spain. Beginning with cognitive science, Gala explores the mental processes and structures that underline creative thinking, for poets like José María Hinojosa, Clara Janés, and Jorge Guillén.

Autorentext
Candelas Gala is the Charles E. Taylor Professor of Romance Languages at Wake Forest University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. Creative Convulsion: José María Hinojosa and La flor de Californía 2. Creative Dialectics: José Moreno Villa and Jacinta la pelirroja 3. Creative Measurements: Plastic-Dynamic Development in Maruja Mallo's Naturalezas vivas 4. Creative Beatitude: Jorge Guillén and Baruch Spinoza 5. Creative Quietude. A Transdisciplinary Encounter: Clara Janés, Eduardo Chillida, and María Zambrano 6. Creative Artifacts: Agustín Fernández Mallo's Post-Poetry Proposal (sharing thoughts with Wittgenstein) Closing Remarks