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The Spanish–American War, known in Spain as the Disaster of the 98 or War of Cuba, arose between Spain and the United States in 1898, during the regency of María Cristina, widow of the king Alfonso XII. For Spain it meant the loss of the overseas colonies and the end of the formerly powerful Spanish empire.
Spanish-language literature or Hispanic literature is the sum of the literary works written in the Spanish language across the Hispanic world. The principal elements are the Spanish literature of Spain, and Latin American literature .
The literature of Spanish America is an important branch of Spanish literature, with its own particular characteristics dating back to the earliest years of Spain’s conquest of the Americas (see Latin American literature).
In Aspects of Spanish-American Literature, Arturo Torres-Ríoseco writes (1963), [1] Modernismo influences the meaning behind words and the impact of poetry on culture. Modernismo , in its simplest form, is finding the beauty and advances within the language and rhythm of literary works.
She was Professor of Spanish and Cultural Studies at the University of Southampton from 2001 to 2006 before moving to New York University in 2006. [1] Labanyi was the founding editor of the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies. [2] She is on the executive committee of The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives. [3]
Afrikaans; Ænglisc; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Aymar aru; Azərbaycanca; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская ...
The gods become farces. It is a manner very Spanish, a demiurge manner, that doesn't believe to be in any way made of the same earth as its dolls." [7] Valle-Inclán refers to esperpento, as he sees it, as having precedence in the literature of Francisco de Quevedo and the paintings of Francisco de Goya. According to Valle-Inclán:
Spanish literature (26 C, 73 P) M. Spanish-language literature about Mesoamerica (9 P) Mexican literature (18 C, 11 P) N. Nicaraguan literature (1 C, 3 P)