The Spanish American Crónica Modernista, Temporality and Material Culture

Modernismo's Unstoppable Presses

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Central & South American, American, Theory
Cover of the book The Spanish American Crónica Modernista, Temporality and Material Culture by Andrew Reynolds, Bucknell University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Andrew Reynolds ISBN: 9781611484694
Publisher: Bucknell University Press Publication: October 20, 2012
Imprint: Bucknell University Press Language: English
Author: Andrew Reynolds
ISBN: 9781611484694
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Publication: October 20, 2012
Imprint: Bucknell University Press
Language: English

This study explores how Spanish American modernista writers incorporated journalistic formalities and industry models through the crónica genre to advance their literary preoccupations. Through a variety of modernista writers, including José Martí, Amado Nervo, Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and Rubén Darío, Reynolds argues that extra-textual elements – such as temporality, the material formats of the newspaper and book, and editorial influence – animate the modernista movement’s literary ambitions and aesthetic ideology. Thus, instead of being stripped of an esteemed place in the literary sphere due to participation in the market-based newspaper industry, journalism actually brought modernismo closer to the writers’ desired artistic autonomy. Reynolds uncovers an original philosophical and sociological dimension of the literary forms that govern modernista studies, situating literary journalism of the movement within historical, economic and temporal contexts. Furthermore, he demonstrates that journalism of the movement was eventually consecrated in book form, revealing modernista intentionality for their mass-produced, seemingly utilitarian journalistic articles. The Spanish American Crónica Modernista, Temporality, and Material Culture thereby enables a better understanding of how the material textuality of the crónica impacts its interpretation and readership.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This study explores how Spanish American modernista writers incorporated journalistic formalities and industry models through the crónica genre to advance their literary preoccupations. Through a variety of modernista writers, including José Martí, Amado Nervo, Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and Rubén Darío, Reynolds argues that extra-textual elements – such as temporality, the material formats of the newspaper and book, and editorial influence – animate the modernista movement’s literary ambitions and aesthetic ideology. Thus, instead of being stripped of an esteemed place in the literary sphere due to participation in the market-based newspaper industry, journalism actually brought modernismo closer to the writers’ desired artistic autonomy. Reynolds uncovers an original philosophical and sociological dimension of the literary forms that govern modernista studies, situating literary journalism of the movement within historical, economic and temporal contexts. Furthermore, he demonstrates that journalism of the movement was eventually consecrated in book form, revealing modernista intentionality for their mass-produced, seemingly utilitarian journalistic articles. The Spanish American Crónica Modernista, Temporality, and Material Culture thereby enables a better understanding of how the material textuality of the crónica impacts its interpretation and readership.

More books from Bucknell University Press

Cover of the book Syncing the Americas by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Reading Christopher Smart in the Twenty-first Century by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Signs of the Signs by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Playing the Martyr by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Exemplary Ambivalence in Late Nineteenth-Century Spanish America by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book The Mask and the Quill by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Memoir by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Antigone's Daughters? by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Effeminate Years by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book John Neal and Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Novel Bodies by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Editing Lives by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Elena Garro and Mexico's Modern Dreams by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Elizabeth Bishop's Prosaic by Andrew Reynolds
Cover of the book Liminal Fiction at the Edge of the Millennium by Andrew Reynolds
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy