Writer, critic, and cultural activist Jose Bergamin (1895-1983) was
unjustly relegated to the sidelines of contemporary Spanish
intellectual life for reasons that have more to do with his
political dissidence and long periods of exile than with the
interest and importance of his written work. This book represents
the first attempt to come to terms with that work. Professor
Dennis's study focuses on the period 1920-1936, the so-called
silver age of Spanish literature, during which Bergamin rose to
prominence alongside a group of superlatively gifted writers and
friends, among them Frederico Garcia Lorca, Rafael Alberti, Jorge
Guillen, and Pedro Salinas. It sets out to explain the nature of
the relationship Bergamin had as a critic and prose writer with the
major poets of the 1920s and 1930s, and at the same time
systematically examines the singularity of his own work as an
aphorist, essayist, and dramatist. Professor Dennis also devotes
attention to explaining the sense of Bergamin's initiative in
founding the important journal Cruz y Raya (1933-1936) and the role
this publication played, both culturally and politically, during
the troubled years of the Second Republic. This book not only fills
a notable gap in our understanding of pre--Civil War literary and
intellectual life in Spain, but also lays the foundation for all
future research into the work of this fascinating and enigmatic
writer.
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