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Article: The Politics of Spanish American "Modernismo".(Review)
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- New Criterion
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- December 1, 1998
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Gerard Aching The Politics of Spanish American "Modernismo" By Exquisite Design. Cambridge University Press, 183 pages, $49.95
The term modernismo in Spanish American literature refers to a group of poets and novelists who around the turn of the century embraced the model of French Parnassianism to reinvigorate literary form. The most prominent names associated with the movement are familiar to anyone who has ever taken an advanced course in Latin American literature--Manuel Gutierrez Najera, Ruben Dario, Julian del Casal, Jose Enrique Rodo Until now nobody has thought to associate the word "politics" with this movement, largely because most of its protagonists ...