A New History of Spanish Writing, 1939 to the 1990s

A New History of Spanish Writing, 1939 to the 1990s explores the diversity of some sixty years of imaginative writing by Spaniards, its interactions with Spains peculiarly dramatic history since the end of its Civil War, and its wider thematic significance. It covers the famous and canonical texts of the most recent in Modern Spanish literature but also explores areas less well-known outside Spain (essays and editorials, queer narrative, new poetry, comics, and texts of the militant and reactionary Right). More space than is usual in literary histories is allowed for commentary on famous texts, but the book also makes room for the marginalized and for socially contextualized explorations of the interconnectedness of various forms of writing. The overall structure is not chronological but thematic, dealing with abstract and topical issues such as silence, the family, or realism.

1 - First Perspectives: Spains from 1939 to the 1990s
2 - Rewriting History
3 - Reclaiming History
4 - Keeping it in the Family
5 - Power and Disempowerment
6 - Languages of Silence
7 - Getting a Sense of Reality
8 - New Writing: New Spain?
9 - Languages of Pleasure
10 - Through the Kaleidoscope

Chris Perriam is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Newcastle Michael Thompson is Lecturer in Spanish, University of Durham Susan Frenk is Lecturer in Spanish, University of Durham Vanessa Knights is Lecturer in Spanish, University of Newcastle