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Ekphrasis And Avant-Garde Prose Of 1920s Spain, Brian M. Cole
Ekphrasis And Avant-Garde Prose Of 1920s Spain, Brian M. Cole
Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies
This dissertation analyzes the prose works of the “Nova Novorum,” a fiction series created and published by José Ortega y Gasset between 1926 and 1929. This collection included six works by four authors, five of which will be discussed in this dissertation. Pedro Salinas’ Víspera del gozo (1926) inaugurated the series. Benjamín Jarnés published two works: El profesor inútil (1926) and Paula y Paulita (1929). Antonio Espina is also responsible for two works: Pájaro pinto (1927) and Luna de copas (1929).
The dissertation is divided into five sections. The first chapter introduces the topic of avant-garde prose during the 1920s …