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Tag Archives: novel
1900s Madrid, in Narrative and a High-Resolution Map
This fall semester I’m teaching three literature classes at K-State, one of which is a seminar I based on a few of my past and current research projects related to early 20th-century Spanish literature. The texts are attentive to the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Modernity, Spain
Tagged 1920s, books, Carmen de Burgos, digital humanities, La rampa, madrid, maps, modernity, novel, spanish literature
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Fashion and the Fine Arts in Carmen de Burgos’ Avant-garde Novel, La mujer fantástica
I’m going to start the new year with a post on my most recent article, “Fashion, Ekphrasis, and the Avant-Garde Novel: Carmen de Burgos’ La mujer fantástica (1924)”, which was published in the open-access journal Ciberletras in December 2017. I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Modernity, Spain, Women
Tagged 1920s, art history, avant garde, Carmen de Burgos, ekphrasis, Empress Eugenie, fashion, novel, Paris, vanguardia, Winterhalter
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“Celebración Cervantina / Cervantes Celebration” at K-State
2016 – This year marks the 400th anniversary of the deaths of two extremely influential literary figures: renowned English playwright William Shakespeare and celebrated Spanish playwright and novelist Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, who most know best as the author of … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Literature, Spain
Tagged 17th century, books, Cervantes, Don Quixote, Golden Age, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, novel
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Miguel de Cervantes: An internet sensation?
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) has been in the news a lot lately… considering he lived over four centuries ago! First, in late January, Spanish researches reported unearthing a coffin in the Madrid convent where Cervantes was purportedly buried in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Spain
Tagged Cervantes, digital humanities, Don Quijote de la Mancha, Golden Age, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, novel, Quijote, Salvador Dali, Spain, spanish literature
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