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Fiesta de Aranjuez en honor de Azorín

Pages
222
Published
2005
Language
Spanish

Synopsis

This essential document explores the origins of Spain's 'Generación del 14' and the evolution of its intellectual movement. It chronicles the 1913 'Fiesta de Aranjuez,' a cultural event organized by José Ortega y Gasset and Juan Ramón Jiménez to honor Azorín and protest his exclusion from the Royal Academy. The book compiles speeches and readings from the event by prominent figures like Ortega, Juan Ramón, Baroja, Machado, and Azorín, alongside additional testimonies. It captures a pivotal moment that solidified a new intellectual identity and marked a generational shift in early 20th-century Spain.